Delta-wining Dragon: story of the SAAB J35-Sweden's Mach 2 Delta.(double-delta Draken aircraft)
Airpower, March, 2006 by Martin, Guy
SAAB Test Pilot Bengt Olow poses with one of the five Draken prototypes. The J35 had tricycle landing gear with a single wheel on each unit. Main gear was hinged at the wing root to retract outward into the wing and contracted during retraction to save space. The nose gear retracted rearwards into the fuselage and was fitted with a mudguard for rough field operation which was especially useful when Drakens took off and landed from highways and farm roads.
The Draken (Dragon) concept dates back to September 1949 when the Swedish Air Force requisitioned a new single-seat all-weather interceptor to replace the Saab J29 'Tunnan'. The program was named Project 1200 and called for a supersonic aircraft capable of achieving speeds of at least Mach 1.4 yet would be...
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