Minggu, 20 Agustus 2017

Mystery Ship: November 2017

Saab J29 Tunnan One year after the sweptwing Saab J29 Tunnan made its first flight, in 1949 the Swedish Royal Aircraft Board proposed a specification for a supersonic fighter to the Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget. In the course of designing an airframe that could satisfy that ambitious proposal, Saab engineer Erik Bratt proposed a tailless delta. …

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