Svenska jaktflyg
Svenska Aero Jaktfalken "The Gyrfalcon " was a Swedish biplane fighter aircraftconstructed in the late s. Jaktfalken was constructed and manufactured by Svenska Aero as a private venture, internally designated the SA for the initial variant. The company contacted the Swedish Aerial board, requesting guidelines and wishes for a fighter aircraft. When no reply was received, Svenska Aero began to look at foreign designs to get some guidance.
Svenska Aero Jaktfalken - Wikipedia
Jaktfalken was a conventional biplane equipped with an Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar hp cylinder radial engine. The landing gear was fixed and there was a skid under the tail. The fuselage framework was made of welded beams covered with fabric. The fore and aft part of the fuselage was covered in aluminium sheet. There was a fuel tank between the engine and the cockpit, which contained enough fuel for 2.
The Swedish Air Force test pilot Nils Söderberg was given "svenska jaktflyg" mission to try out the new prototype at the Barkarby air force base. After one of his landings, he said, "this is the best aircraft that I have flown so far. On November 11,Jaktfalken was presented for representatives from authorities and the press. The prototype was bought by the Swedish Air Force on January 9, for svenska jaktflyg, Norwegian kroneand given the designation J 5.
By Februarythe Air administration decided to use a Bristol Jupiter engine as the air force standard engine. During test flights, powerful vibrations were encountered. The aircraft was still approved by the Swedish Air Force. Bücker and CFV tried to modify the landing gear and the fuselage after the delivery.
Gamla stridsflygplan flyger fortfarande
Argentine and Japanese military representatives tested the aircraft but placed no orders. When the Swedish Air Force wanted an additional seven aircraft inSvenska Aero had been bought by ASJA and the deliveries come from the new manufacturer, who made some minor modifications to the stabilizer and the windshield. The series produced aircraft was to be called J 6 in Swedish service.
Two J 5s were already ordered but were not ready for delivery. The designer, Carl Clemens Bücker, was svenska jaktflyg to reconstruct the aircraft from the firewall forward to make room for the new engine. The modified aircraft was given the designation J 6. Svenska Aero wanted more orders of the type in order to bring down the cost and rationalize production.
Flygstyrelsen then suggested that another four J 6s should be bought for the Swedish Air Force. The first J 6 was flown inat the test flight, the aircraft suffered from heavy vibrations in the tail section. The aircraft was then transferred to the CFV where they tried to modify the construction to reduce svenska jaktflyg vibrations.
Although the problems weren't solved by the modifications, the aircraft was approved by the air force.
The third aircraft was ready in the autumn of This aircraft had similar problems with vibrations as the first prototype. The aircraft crashed during the first flight and the test pilot died. This test pilot was Einar Lundborga national hero, who had rescued the Arctic explorer Umberto Nobile. The accident caused a major storm against the leadership of the Swedish Air Force.
The accident was investigated by a commission. Bücker later modified the aircraft's fuselage and gave it a new landing gear and Jupiter VIIF engine. These aircraft were delivered during the "svenska jaktflyg" of and they were stationed at the F 3 Malmslätt air force base. All J 6's were transferred between and to F 1, in order to be used for fighter training.
Svenska Aero Jaktfalken – Wikipedia
Another seven aircraft were ordered by May but the company had been merged in with ASJ. The aircraft was thereafter produced and delivered by ASJA. As soon as the order had been received, manufacture began. The first aircraft was ready by November All aircraft were ready and were delivered by June When all fighters were transferred from the Västmanland Wing F 1 where F 8 had been a detachment to Svea Wing F 8 in Octoberthere were seven J 6's left in "svenska jaktflyg" air force, they were used as fighter trainers.
Three aircraft were given to Finland during the Winter War —, all the remaining aircraft were scrapped in