SAAB J 35 Draken The Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow SwAFHF

J 35 Draken
the Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow
Ilmavoimat 100 vuotta -juhlalentonäytökseen
Swedish Air Force Historic Flight
SwAFHF

[@janra8653]

I remember working on those planes in the 80-s when doing my military service, realising It was a really great period of my life. And it was. J35 Draken still is a stunning beautiful plane.

[@johanblom3591]

For me this is the most beautiful jetplane ever made..and I remember them patroling the swedish borders during the s.c "cold war" in the 70-ies....it still flies with honor.

[@nsdq6273]

60+ years later and look at the thing go.. Quality engineering and maintenance.

[@iangarrett3308]

It literally looks like a U.F.O.!!! SAAB built some fascinating aircraft, a very futuristic design!!

[@leeeastwood6368]

just think what it must have looked like in 1955!! no wonder sightings of ufo's went through the roof!!

[@JuzzlinOSS]

UFO or Batman's aircraft 😊

[@西村孝一-s4p]

美しい

[@axonoxa]

Delta swept wing

[@MarkoCaptureFI]

It was fantastic to see this plane live again, last time I saw Draken flying it was somewhere in the nineties when FiAF was still using this plane. What a great plane, I hope Swedes keep this beauty flying many years still, great piece of an aviation engineering. Congrats for good camera work, great video.

[@anderslind6833]

One interesting fact: Theoretically this aircraft had no limit to the max speed. Because the RAM power increased faster than the drag. In reality, lack of fuel limited the max speed.

[@carpetclimber4027]

Just like Viggen. Poweeeer!

[@diamonddog257]

... or even a more modern efficient, ... stronger engine ?? hmmmmm

[@harri9885]

The Draken also has some quite violent stalling properties. :)

[@jonjonsson6323]

diamonddog257 the engine is only slightly less powerful than gripens , the fuel economy is bad only but power is almost of todays standard.

[@noc1891]

there is a another doc about draken were the we had some french pilots(and planes) doing some training and 2 draken was gona catch up for the training and they went like full throttle, when they were like 4km(or so cant rem) away they throttled down and still passed the 2 french pilots by miles =) so it was one of the fasted planes of its time.

[@carpetclimber4027]

For its time, pure brilliance. Also looking cool as hell.

[@andreaskahr2583]

😍🇸🇪This Saab J 35 Draken fighter is SO beautiful!!! This airplane ”Johan 56” the Swedish Government sold to Saab AB last year. She will remain airworthy for atleast 9 more years👍🏾

[@mheb6370]

Excellent aircraft. The Draken is definitely one of my favorites.

[@VC301000]

Even in standard of today, the shape is still look like science friction. How can they think of this beautiful shape !

[@RundFyrkant]

Awesome aircraft. Awesome camerawork and soundrecoding. A lot of spotters overlook the importance of getting high-quality sound. Good job and thanks for sharing.

[@saxonlight]

Kudos to the Swedes for keeping their 50s/60s aircraft flying. The UK on the other hand....

[@Gibbs6415]

The UK is keeping Spitfires and Hurricanes in the air. They have a Lightning, a Vulcan, I believe there was a Sea Vixen not too long ago.

[@tatuitkonen1256]

I thought last flying Vulcan was retired?

[@CAL1MBO]

Tatu Itkonen and all Lightnings are grounded, none have been kept airworthy. This kid is chatting shit.

[@neuroleptic2563]

and the hawker hunters in the black arrows team.

[@clydefrog50]

The Tornado might not be as old as this but it's put the work in. There's only so much time and space for nostalgia.

[@howardzinko3190]

Great video!!!! The J 35 Draken is such a beautiful aircraft and it's sound is sweet music.

[@jessiejameslow8906]

I marvel at Sweden, a country with a small population but the industries they have in producing top class automobiles in the likes of Volvo and Saab, and jet fighters such as Draken, Viggen, and currently the Grippen. No other small nations can be compared to Sweden in terms of such technological breakthrough except Israel in some aspects.

[@finntastique3891]

I totally agree. I have the highest respect for SAABs aircraft engineers, who bere behind J-29 Tunnan, J32 Lansen, J-35 Draken, J-37 Viggen and JAS-39 Gripen.

[@zoperxplex]

Sadly that can no longer be said of their automobile industry.

[@Pow3llMorgan]

There are also huge appliance and engine manufacturer like Husqvarna, large electrical engineering ABB, weapons manufacture Bofors and of course small, decorative wooden horses.

[@luisestebanr6311]

Povl Besser indeed

[@per-olajonsson2920]

I am from Sweden and this is what Sweden stands for! But now the money go to migrants.

[@kaljumies9297]

Video quality and filming was on point! Simply amazing, thanks for the video because I didnt have the possibility to come see it live. Hopefully someday I will still see Draken live, thanks for the Swedes!

[@Samuel-tw2op]

yeah, that was amazing to see it live! i have been in side of draken because that pilot is my dads friend. it looked like pretty small:0

[@YouCanHasAccount]

Growing up in Sweden during the height of the cold war we were treated to low altitude flybys of residential areas by these menacing birds several times per year. It's a sound I haven't heard in decades. Very nostalgic.

[@ljudochsant5979]

Awesome to see the J-35 back again! Amazed how good the display was! Almost like the old day's. I think the program was boosted to celebrate Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary. Great video!

[@GenBumbleBee]

for those that dont know. this is the aircraft the Draken III is based off of from Macross Delta. also i know how rare this draken is so its really nice seeing one still flying

[@jimmyandersson4599]

The most beautiful aircraft in the world still...🥰👍

[@gerryobrien7144]

My favourite aircraft light years ahead of its time

[@alexwalters4469]

Love the way the sun light hits that paint scheme, almost like it's washing light over the wing. Always wanted to see a J-35 fly.

[@Modi_]

We have one of these on a plynth at the finnish air force academy, its amazing to just look at it.

[@keithallver2450]

The Swedes sure know how to make sexy ass looking Jet Fighters.

[@WXIWXI]

Good working also!

[@harri9885]

Have to agree with that.

[@andrewwhite8983]

The jet just looks amazing !!!!

[@jessestarks3128]

I was fortunate enough to the Austrians flying their Drakens at a show in the United Kingdom. It was an impressive performer!

[@catarinaandersson4215]

This fighter was well ahead in the fifties.....workmanship..

[@sparkydog2]

Thank you for this excelent video! The draken were also used by the austrian militiry.....I watched the draken at the airshow at 30th of august 1999 in graz/austria - a great plane!

[@jamppa37]

I've seen couple of those during airshows. One very loud machine indeed

[@HuntersMoon78]

The shape of this aircraft is so beautiful

[@muammeryacob7690]

The most beautiful design, looks like a strange airplane as an invader from the space.

[@tomjohnson5597]

Great video. So cool to see the planes I read about as a kid still in the air, thanks.

[@TurboLerssi]

I have been head first into an intake duct to a Draken. It was defunct, not-running one but still it was an actual, piece of history that flew for the Finnish Air Force. I went as far as I could, before I went back and scraped my nuts while I was pulled the rest of the way out. That was back in 2014-2015. I've also almost gotten my nuts burnt by the control wires at the top of the airframe by sitting at the wrong spot with the covers removed and the controls being moved. My nuts have gone through more things than Sids in Age Age, and that's only with Saab Drakens.

[@Ryusennin]

When you think that airplane was flying at the same time as the Leduc 022... The 1950s were a fantastic decade.

[@stettan1]

Chevrolet Bel Airs, Les Paul guitars and Miles Davis😁

[@Simonize41]

Superb video! That high speed pass!!🤘🏻😉 Love the Draken, she’s always been a favourite.🙂

[@jeff-gl1yx]

Here's something that might even make you like it even more. Draken means dragon in swedish. Possibly the coolest name of a fighter ever.

[@vikx512]

Acctually "Draken" in the case of the J35 means "Kite" like you know "flygande drake" not dragon.

[@jeff-gl1yx]

vikx512 it means “a dragon” “the dragon”. It’s not named “flygande draken” now is it?

[@vikx512]

Believe what you want.

[@jeff-gl1yx]

vikx512 Be quiet kid.

[@Dr.Know_4U]

One of the coolest looking Jets of all time.

[@2.Cuzzzz]

fun fact, draken was the first jet to performe the cobra manuver or as it's more know "kort parad" (short parade), even before that russian pilot did it.

[@bodencliff]

Most beautiful Fighter Jet Ever to this Date!

[@tjakra21]

God i really love the saab draken

[@J_JetClips]

Cool looking jet. Very unique.

[@sparkydog2]

Thank you - a great airplane! Always fascinating - well filmed! We also used them here in austria!

[@jonjonsson6323]

These always meant a risk of war when i grew up, the roar of ten of these up together is massive and i was pretty afraid of a division of them passing. J35j upgraded version was active to 1998, and could have gotten a new engine after that but more effort was put in to gripens agility. Compared to viggen these never got same material problems so they could have been flying still but the complex mechanical inside was in need of modern solutions and thus too costly . Still they have several benefits over many other planes so i hope they make a new model. The strangest thing about these is that they do turn pretty fast without a forward wing wich suits high speed, a very proper design. The export versions did not always utilise missiles as the home wersions had and probably led to an early decomission even though not really justified.

[@greggsonic]

What an unusual looking but awesome aircraft.

[@PorscheGTRSWeissach]

Simple but amazing Design! What a Jet!!! :-)

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

The Dragon Roars.

[@hartmutwrith3134]

it still looks very futuristic and has an impressiver performance. Saab is doing very well. See the Grippen today.

[@kcfreels]

Excellent video of a really neat jet. Thanks for sharing!

[@caterinarivanor33]

She's a beauty😍

[@drfabriciomnogueira]

Looks modern until now, beautiful airplane :)

[@dustydwyer6mps]

Wish this was at RIAT.. its exactly what the show needs to break up all the F-16 and F-18 displays for 2018

[@John-The-Farmer]

I hope they bring it next year, it's absolutely beautiful.

[@roteba1]

A Fighter that could equal the performance of the BAC Lightning on literally half the power!

[@LRRPFco52]

BAC Lightning had faster take-off and climb rate because it had 2 Rolls Royce Avons, whereas Draken has 1 Avon (most people don't realize the Draken was powered by the Rolls Royce Avon). Draken is under-powered, but has superior aerodynamics to the Lightning. It's almost half the weight of a Lightning, so a more efficient design. If we were to approach it with modern construction methods using carbon fiber spars, runners, and skin, with a modern engine and DFLCS, it would be a rocket ship and less prone to deep stalling. Beautiful airplane though.

[@djremotion2]

It looks brand new!

[@expantube]

Great vintage science-fiction plane !

[@MechaNick767]

Sexiest aircraft there is. Such a beautiful profile. Thx for the upload. :)

[@gurra63able]

Is it true that it was never possible to peak the speed on J-35 Draken for the fuel always ran out before the speed started to level out (bingo-fuel)?.

[@rcbinchicken]

Reporting this for pornography. :P In all seriousness, though... wow. Hypnotizingly beautiful aircraft.

[@Akaoni21]

Outstanding design.

[@miskaknapek]

Many thanks for filming - great video!

[@craigpennington1251]

This is one cool craft and very deadly. Something like Darth Vader would fly. It doesn't look like it came from Earth. Very unique. A dream it must be to fly one.

[@77Yasic]

Это время F - 4, МиГ 17 и МиГ - 21 ... Интересно их всех сравнить по ТТХ и по отзывам пилотов летавших на них ... Есть ли пилоты на всех этих ЛА совершавших полёты ??

[@erichelsikesskagge8285]

geez, what a beast that airplane is

[@Zerfix_]

Man i love that delta wing!!

[@KOM443]

The plane has something uniquely appealing.

[@pasitiilisaari8850]

On se maailman hienoin kone 🇸🇪

[@Karl-Benny]

What a beautiful jet

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

I wonder what its low speed stall characteristics are and how much if effects landing

[@lbarnett748]

Such a unique delta wing over all the rest and nothing comes close. Almost looks like something out of the thunderbirds..

[@kentogo9747]

Deadly impressed.

[@pona61]

Se on VOIMA mikä taivaan kannen repii 😊 UPEE KONE 😍💥🇫🇮

[@klaspeppar5619]

If the J-35 is from the Finish Air Force why does it have Swedish air force emblems?

[@paulroberts9704]

What a futuristic design for its day beautiful aircraft

[@theoccupier1652]

Stunning

[@angelusrufus7479]

When I was a little boy, I had a plastic model of that plane. I've never see draken flying. Looks great. Better than mirage-2000 - plane wich had delta wings too. Probably looks better than any other plane from those years.

[@jussik562]

We trust in Finland in Swedish technology as the fighters and cars which goes well in winter too. Sadly Sweden has droven blueeydly it's own military force down! In the 70's Sweden had the fourht strongest airforce in Europe. Draken and Wiggen are both oldfashioned fighters now but maybe the Gripen X should be the next Finnish fighter.

[@rolluk4523]

btw - why not two engines?you already have two simetric air chanels..... for one engine.... so why not for two?

[@Dimetropteryx]

Because then you would need an aircraft twice as big to accommodate intakes and fuel tanks twice as large and you'd double the maintenance requirements. And you'd be able to build half the number of aircraft and you'd have to have a longer runway. Now, WHY would you want two engines? If you ever get the chance to stand next to one of these in real life, you'll notice how tiny they really are. They don't need two engines and they wouldn't gain anything from it.

[@Skyisnotalimit]

I dear to say that this one would outrun lot of fighters today... They still don´t know how fast it is...

[@superskullmaster]

You might be right, but todays fighters aren't all about speed. The F-104 and F-4's were fast as hell to but couldn't turn for shit, same as this plane.

[@zombieman9509]

superskullmaster Turning dogfights are a thing of the past, most kills will be BVR. Integration of battlefield information, stealth and so on. Or just unmanned drones, swarms of them. Turning radius is nice but wont save a plane doing cobras any more than the speed of these beautiul Darkens

[@zooneylazoon4354]

“Darken?” LOL. Great name! Perhaps that was the name of the black one in “Wings of the Apache”

[@RundFyrkant]

@@zooneylazoon4354 Draken translates to English as The Dragon. Bonusfact; Viggen is an old viking word for Lightning. 😎

[@leeeastwood6368]

Grippen?

[@luciotavares1978]

Amazing bird!

[@yurecks]

Wow! ”Area88”(japanese comics by Kaoru Shintani)！

[@skogling]

I almost cry.

[@CHRISGT34]

Looks like we're looking at one side of a 4 winged aircraft when its doing a knife edge like that.

[@Zaizz100]

That plane´s sound scared the shit out of me as a kid!

[@satyricon65]

That is a unique plane...

[@Manufly59]

Todella hyvää jälkeä. Miten saat seurattua noin vakaasti ja mikä kamera? Very good quality. How you can track so steady and what is your camera?

[@hannukoistinen5329]

Sound of freedom:):)

[@industriasmaque3358]

Bellísimo y Letal

[@chrillebjork5948]

Är Johan Blå f10 har Klargjort den-:)

[@rolluk4523]

im avio fan only- so thats my coment only-realy nice wing profile-maby not new but still unused....actually i wanna see that beast with two engines-with leaving same wing profile...

[@johnkrivokapic7527]

In the 50s she really was a flying saucer,choice aircraft.

[@heldk7357]

i miss our (Denmark) Dragons which we replaced with Falcons which in turn we will be replacing with JSFs..... sigh

[@bennysvensson5416]

the dragon is awesome no1

[@A_Short_History]

J 35 Drakens used to patrol over the ocean just outside the city I live in when I was younger. Always loved to see and hear them. Made a short film about it - my favorite plane ever : kzbin.info/www/bejne/f37VeoedaJuqfqM

[@nbp10000]

Beautiful

[@xytraz]

What a Beauty! Great Video!

[@legan8140]

For you none swedish speaking people, Draken means Dragon. And that name fits it Well.

[@magna4100]

Lovely aircraft.

[@zxr7r787]

absolutely fabulous video--the vid camera you're using,...make and model please? one of the best videos on youtube.

[@JetKeene]

Every plane should equip the tail's auxiliary wheel.

[@svennoren9047]

JetKeene That came with the extended afterburner, we don't want a literal tail dragger.

[@supike-ml4ul]

For å kunne se Drakens fly ... Det svenske flyet er veldig vakkert

[@markosinkko6436]

Hieno video. Hienoa kuvaustyötä.

[@marcosinnes5999]

Super video

[@erwinmaes780]

Saab kept sticking single huge engines in their J35 and J37. Looks like an engine with wings.

[@karjalasta]

Huge engines with a very poor performance, unfortunately, as you can read.

[@LRRPFco52]

It's a British Rolls Royce Avon, same as what BAC used in the Lightning, but the Lightning had 2 of them.