" The flying barrel"A Swedish Air Force Saab 29 Tunnan fighter jet aeroplane.The Saab 29, colloquially called Flygande tunnan
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4307 x 2738 px | 36.5 x 23.2 cm | 14.4 x 9.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
12 December 1962Location:
Kamina base in congo 1962More information:
" The flying barrel"A Swedish Air Force Saab 29 Tunnan fighter jet aeroplane.The Saab 29, colloquially called Flygande tunnan (English: "The flying barrel") is a Swedish fighter designed and manufactured by Saab in the 1940s. It was Sweden's second turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the first being the Saab 21R; additionally, it was the first Western European fighter to be produced with a swept wing after the Second World War, the Me 262 being the first during the war. Despite its rotund appearance, from which its name derives, the J 29 was a fast and agile aircraft for its era. Operational well in to the 1970s