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Published: 2018-03-23 00:16:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 7626; Favourites: 286; Downloads: 109
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Another one of my weekend repaints. The Saab J35 Draken looks like no other machine flying today. Designed to meet a 1949 specification for an interceptor capable of reaching Mach 2 speeds, the Draken features a revolutionary double delta wing giving it a striking appearance. The Draken performed as well as it looked and was second only to the English Lightning in initial rate of climb. The fighter was very rugged and could operate from reinforced roads used as dispersed airstrips. It was also designed for ease of maintenance and servicability. The Draken was continually upgraded and remained a formidable aircraft well into the 21st century. The last Drakens in service with Austria were retired in 2005. Prints of all my work are available at my website: www.markkarvon.net.Related content
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The Draken was als in use with my Austrian Luftwaffe and have been replaced with the Eurofighter which makes much more trouble then the old Saab! Saab really build some great planes like the Viggen and the Gripen!
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One of the best military air crafts i know, have a metal model of this. NiceΒ picture, a friend told me how a j35 was hunted by a Russian mig under the cold war. Well the RussianΒ mig fell in the swedes trap and lost.....
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The Draken still looks like no other flying machine today. Just like then it still looks like something out of another age; and not unquestionably the past.
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Awesome picture! This is one of my favourite jet fighters ever
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It's an oldie, but a goodie. SAAB's always had my highest respect.
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Wow, impressive, both the aircraft and your artwork!
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They were so awesome in flight, especially their sound. For me their roar was such unforgettable as the Vulcans' roar. When I grew up (in Hungary) we often heard MIGs on low pass here and there and we knew their noise. Later in the early 90s on a holiday we spent few days in an Austrian village deep in a valley. One afternoon (as photographer I'd say at the beginning of the golden hour) we sat on a terrace after the daily program when we heard something specialβit was obviously an aircraft but way deeper and more "full" than the MIGs' scream. We saw only two "dots" darted through the valley very low and I just tried to guess what were they. A bit later they did another pass and then I was already prepared, know where to look, etc and I could recognize the Drakens' ominous shape (I had a Revell kit of one so I knew the type). I brought my camera at hand for a third pass but they did not come again.
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Thanks for this.
I never saw the Draken in flight, but it brought back memories of being on a path along the edge of a U-shape valley in Scotland, hearing a pair of RAF Jaguars flying up the valley towards us, and then looking down on them as they passed.
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I am fondling this memory as if they were flying below our level but that is obviously a trick of my mind as te the house was not high enough. Some days later we were higher near the tree line when we saw a rescue helicopter manoeueoevuueΓΆΓΆΓΆ... (gΓ’sh, what's the right spellin'???) ...Β Β working below us and that was the moment when we saw a flying aircraft from above. (Unfortunately they did not fly for practice but a real mission for lost hikers and one of the two people who got lost in the mountains did not survive.)
But since then I can imagine what a great experience could be watching the Jaguars passing below your level. Thank you for sharing your story!
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Manoeuvre - at least in English; USian has a different spelling, and the original French has the 'oe' as an umlaut.
I love seeing our SAR helicopters practicing; on one occasion I was on a car ferry and the local Coastguard helicopter did a winching practice onto and off its quarterdeck. This meant the pilot flying in an exact position at 16 knots for about 20 minutes. Yes, I always hope that rescue missions will be successful in finding casualties and saving their lives and health too.
Also you're welcome.
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I love to see them practicing, too. When they fly real mission that is always heartbraking. But on the other hand I always remark that they are the real heroes for me. I saw a resuscication on a motorway and lifting injured climbers from a ravine in the Tatras, and the focused efforts either in the air and on the ground.
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We think the same way here.
You know that in the UK SAR efforts are free to the rescued? There was one time Hamish MacInnes shut down a radio "the rescued should pay for the rescue" discussion by saying "When we were young we knew that if we got in trouble Mountain Rescue (with Coastguard, Royal Navy or RAF SAR support) would come and help us. Now we're older and more experienced we volunteer for Mountain Rescue so that there's someone to help the next generation. If you charged for rescues, we wouldn't be here any more."
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Full respect for these thoughts and discipline!
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Thanks: pretty much the entire Scottish mountain sports community agrees, and supports their local mountain rescue with donations.
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I think it is a good way: if you cannot participate, you can still support with money or works in the background. And financial backing is almost as important as hovering that copter above the deck of the troubled ship...
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Oh yes; the money goes to Mountain Rescue teams (who're civilian volunteers and need it for equipment); the helicopters are funded through taxes, and the crews regard support for MR teams as part of their training.
True story and as near a direct quote as I can manage from one guy who was lifted off a ship in the North Sea during a storm - "I was aware that the deck was pitching 40 feet (say 11 m) up and down, and a (RAF) helicopter had been called in for me. This hook came sideways across the deck, and then just hung there 3 feet above me..."
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That must be amazing skill!
I don't really know about the financial background of Hungarian special rescue teams but I think they have a relatively small share from the taxes and they depend on public donations. Operating medicopters is a continuous financial problem but as we landlocked and we haven't got such dangerous mountains here it is not that muchΒ important (I mean, it is still very important but it would be even more important if we had sea and high mountains, etc.).Β
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I'd see one of your main requirements as being air ambulance services for road accidents?
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Mainly so, and there are some areas in the Great Plain that have such bad roads that a helicopter is a great help and safety question. But... I don't know how many helis are available now, but there were times not too recently when only one was airworthy in the whole country with three more in badly broken or partly taken apart for usable parts.
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Sounds like a moving experience. I felt that way last year during our Memorial day holiday. Four F-15s were doing maneuvers and circled over our house five or six times. That awesome feeling seeing and experiencing such machines in person is what ultimately led me to become an aviation artist.
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It was indeed! I don't think I would forget that sound. I wish I could hear them once again!
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you very much.
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A quietly dangerous machine, by an overlooked company.Β Well-drawn, as usual.Β Β
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Thank you. Saab has put out some fantastic machines over the years.
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Worked with a unit in Denmark (Karup Flyvestation) that flew these back in the day. Bad fast jet for sure. Great work Mark!
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