Saab J 29 Tunnan

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fighter aircraft jet aircraft military aircraft single-seat aircraft

The Saab J 29 Tunnan was a Swedish early jet-era fighter aircraft known for its stubby, barrel-like shape and advanced swept-wing design for its time.

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Label Occurrences
Saab J 29 Tunnan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter aircraft ⓘ
jet aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
airForceDesignation J 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ
armament 4× 20 mm autocannons ⓘ
bombs ⓘ
unguided rockets ⓘ
conflict Congo Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sweden ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designFeature mid-mounted wing ⓘ
single-engine layout ⓘ
swept wing ⓘ
tricycle landing gear ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Swedish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
era early jet age ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1948-09-01 ⓘ
fuselageShape barrel-like ⓘ
introduced 1951 ⓘ
manufacturer Saab NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 1060 km/h ⓘ
maximumSpeedMach around Mach 0.9 ⓘ
natoReportingName Flygande Tunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname The Flying Barrel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor advanced swept-wing design for its time ⓘ
high performance among first-generation jet fighters ⓘ
numberBuilt over 600 ⓘ
operator Austrian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swedish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerplant de Havilland Ghost turbojet NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd 1956 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1950 ⓘ
retired 1976 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 15000 m ⓘ
successor Saab 32 Lansen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saab 35 Draken NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs testbed for later Saab designs ⓘ
usedBy United Nations peacekeeping forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
variant J 29A NERFINISHED ⓘ
J 29B NERFINISHED ⓘ
J 29E NERFINISHED ⓘ
J 29F NERFINISHED ⓘ
S 29C NERFINISHED ⓘ
wingSweepAngle about 25 degrees ⓘ

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Swedish Air Force F 7 Wing → operatedAircraft → Saab J 29 Tunnan ⓘ
Swedish Air Force F 21 Wing → historicallyOperated → Saab J 29 Tunnan ⓘ