Warbird Information Exchange

Does anybody know when the last flight of the Saab Viggen took place? Not counting the one that just flew a few days ago, I mean.

I have seen references to a variety of dates between 1995 and 1997 on such doubtful sites as Wikipedia, but there's a video on YouTube from 1998 of a Viggen doing its classic air-show routine--short landing, full reverse, then backing up into a J-turn and making a full-burner takeoff in the opposite direction.

Wiki says the last operational flight was in 2005. Actual last flight was in June of 2007.

Walt

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If God had intended airplane engines to have horizontally-opposed cylinders, Pratt & Whitney would have built them that way.

Yes, as I wrote above I know what Wiki says and rarely give that amateur encyclopedia much faith, but how do you explain a video of a Viggen flying in 1998?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJo7aqOfRww

either way that would make a heck of an air show demo!!

Tom P.

The one at Newark Air Museum was delivered by air to Cranwell in Feb 2006, which I believe was one of the last flights

Another site other than the despised Wiki has confirmed the last operational flight with the Swedish Air Force as being on 25 NOV 2005. That lends a little more credence to the absolute last flight being in June of 2007.

Walt

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If God had intended airplane engines to have horizontally-opposed cylinders, Pratt & Whitney would have built them that way.

I took another look at the YouTube video of the Viggen titled "Viggen at Bardufoss 1998," and it actually was uploaded to YT in August 1997, so you're correct, I'm wrong.