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@renhanxue Thanks, I've added those now. Really cool. There are soooo many Viggen videos out there so it's hard to cover all areas

Yes, you got it right here, a selection of juicy Viggen videos! https://fly37viggen.com/?page_id=565

This is a collection of Viggen images collected from a Swedish magazine called "Flygvapennytt" from the 90's. Basically translated into "Air Force News". Some of these images has never been shown outside Europe. I have compiled all the Viggen images from 1980-2002, enjoy! (Btw, the magazine is now defunct) Images: https://fly37viggen.com/?page_id=649 Source: https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FV_Nytt/FVN_oversikt.htm

Thanks, download while you can Don't want to break any forum rules

Greetings, This is an article from airwingsmedia.com, 1987 Now, I don't know if this is copyrighted or not, I couldn't find any info on that. If it is, I will delete it immediately. Download it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ocTsKGtGML3eyJFun5NLNpulcD7FV1JA/view?usp=sharing

Really nice! Saw that you recently uploaded an ELINT video as well, going to watch that. Really like your videos!

Yes, it's difficult to find any real video of the RB05. One video snippet of a Viggen firing an RB05 can be seen in this video, at 13:45:

This is really cool! I used MATRIC before going VR, but didn't have a good layout for the Viggen. One thing I noticed in your picture is that the B6-B9 buttons seems to be in reverse. In the cockpit the second row starts with B6 on top and ends with B9 just before BX, so you can just reverse those. This looks great, good job!

Well, Christmas comes early this year! The english translation of ATIS37 is now done, including the flight diagrams. The documents can be downloaded here. The translation should be 99.99% correct, although there were a couple of abbreviations I didn't know even in Swedish, so I left them as is. In some cases I have added the Swedish translation for reference in parenthesis, such as "dual command (DK)", or "Solo (EK)", which should make cross referencing easier. For you Swedish guys, I have also fixed quite a few typos in the Swedish version, so please re-download if needed. So looking forward, what's next? Well, I will take timeout for the rest of the year. However, I'm seriously considering embarking on translating SFI Part 1-2. In fact, they have already been run through the AI translator. But I will consider if it's doable, especially regarding the text inside the images. We'll see what happens in 2024 Anyway, I hope you enjoy the english ATIS37! All the best!

@Rudel_chw Thank you! I'm also looking forward to getting the English translation finished Well, it's about 90% done, the flight diagrams are still to be translated. Then some cut and paste and we're done!

@TOViper Thank you! I share the passion with all Viggen fans "Now, where did I put my coffee..."

ATIS37 conversion is done! This is the original Swedish language version. The English translated version is planned to be available at the end of 2023. I provide the Word-document, exported PDF-document as well as the Publisher-file containing all of the flight diagrams. Download link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10Lqv760DpvqkRYWcLyKRwmhByMqKkEv0?usp=sharing

@renhanxue That's actually my website and the link has now been updated By the way, I will soon have finished converting the ATIS37 into Word and PDF-formats (including an English translation) and will post those soon on the site, as well as in this forum. Keep a look out for that!

@TOViper - Thank you so much for bringing this to the community! It must have been a monumental amount of work!

@renhanxue - Nice! Thanks for the easy-to-understand explanation!

Well, would you look at that! Very nice attention to detail!

Found a few typos as well: Page 117: “In Figure 94 there is a mountain about 5 km away” > Should be Figure 98 (the clickable link goes to figure 98, which is correct) Page 261: Point 3, section “Automatic waypoint change” - “Press the fix trigger to the first detent (T0) and release” > T0 should be changed to T1

I would go for Version 2, but would replace "flicked roll" with "inverted plunging spiral" as this is the closest to the meaning of "störtspiral": The original text is from SFI AJS37 Part 2, section 24.3.2 and reads in Swedish: "Vid kraftiga skevroderutslag under lastfaktor med låg fart (Vi < 350 km/h) kan höga rollvinkelhastigheter uppstå samtidigt som lastfaktorn minskar. Detta ska inte förväxlas med inverterad störtspiral. Om skevrodren neutralställs upphör rollen och lastfaktorn återgår till normal." Translated into english: "In case of severe aileron deflection under low speed load factor (Vi < 350 km/h) high roll angle speeds may occur as the load factor decreases. This should not be confused with an inverted plunging spiral. If the ailerons are neutralised, the roll ceases and the load factor returns to normal." This is the technically correct description, but for general understanding "high roll rates", "roll input" and "g-load" might be more suitable, rather than the technical "high roll angle speeds" aileron deflection" and "load factor"...

The latest update is great I think! The coloured labels makes it easier to visualise things, At first I thought it was a bit distracting, but then realised the usefulness. Thanks so much for doing this!

Work-in-progress nr. 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g8DgZtDbWLq4n3QYG3ud9naEr1ncV2UV/view?usp=sharing

EDIT: Nevermind, I chose the A4 format but with wider margins, seems to be a reasonable size. Quick question: Does anybody know what paper format was used for the inserts for the two leg pockets on the Viggen pilot suit? Looking in the ATIS37 document, the flight manoeuvre charts does not seem to be in full A4 format, rather looks like A5 format. But comparing to real images of pilots, the charts looks abit larger that A5, more like A4 sheets that have been folded to fit in the pockets. I'm looking at pictures such as: https://sffsto.se/Vaelkommen-till-foeredrag-av-Leif-Aastroem-35-aar-i-Flygvapnet-varav-25-aar-med-Viggen.htm https://twitter.com/PennanSvardet/status/932687440757903366/photo/1 https://swafhf.com/organisation/

Ha ha ha! Thank you! Yes, I have come to realise that there are levels of crazy and we're moving on up there quite quickly

Well, I've had enough of a break and have now started converting the ATIS 37 document So let the madness begin once again....this time there is "only" 230 pages, but with many pages of graphics that I will draw in Microsoft Publisher... Here is the first work-in-progress (just text, no Publisher images done yet): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zb2Y1nzj0l7eOLsfTFJhKwzqvZFUxWez/view?usp=sharing

So cool that you were at the Airpower events in Austria, especially in 2003, that is a legendary airshow! Are they still doing those?

Yeah, I hear you man. I really like the marriage of the real world and the sim itself, so closely mimicking reality. I've had Viggens fly over my head, just surprisingly popping up out of nowhere. I remember one time, in 1989, it was almost dusk, I was outside our house, playing around with a soccer ball, when I heard a roar. Instinctively I looked up across the roof of the house, then a splinter-camouflaged Viggen swooped over in a slight left hand turn. I could clearly see the red light on the spine, and the lit "slime lights" as it continued its turn. My jaw dropped and I followed it with my stare as it roared away from the area. Now, that's a single Viggen, at dusk, flying low and slow over a densely populated area. Stuff like that really leaves a mark. I've had a couple more experiences like that, one was with a JAS 39 Gripen. I was living in a two story building, in Linköping of all places, around 1995 and one morning I heard what could be a jet fighter engine. So I ran into the kitchen, looked up and outside the window, it was rather random. The next second a Gripen passed directly overhead, I could basically see inside the engine outlet as it flew by. Strange timing but really cool! At this time the 39 was new and it flew regularly at the SAAB airfield, so I got to see it fly a few more times, which was cool. Another cool thing I witnessed was on a summer vacation trip. We were driving with our car and caravan in the southern parts of Sweden, driving through a small village. Suddenly, there was a roar like thunder as a Viggen passed over us. The roaring continued, so we pulled over and went outside to have a look. There was now four Viggens in a dogfight, right over us! What!? That just doesn't happen! The manoeuvring continued for at least five minutes until they left the area. We got back in the car and continued on our way. I couldn't believe what I had just witnessed, so cool! I kept looking outside the car window as we drove away, looking to the sky, maybe there was more action to come....but that was it. These are just a few of my memories of the Viggen and it may be the reason for it being my favourite fighter jet of all time