nachomaga Posted May 12, 2017 Posted May 12, 2017 To my surprise we have in Spain a AJS37 in Cuatro Vientos Air Museum! The Swedish air force donate the plane in 1999 and it was repainted last year (too shinny, but I think is for better conservation). Its amazing to see that plane so close. Info of the unit: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Sweden-Air-Force/Saab-AJS37-Viggen/305706
Rudel_chw Posted May 12, 2017 Posted May 12, 2017 Really awful color matching ... I see that this spanish museum is almost as bad at historic accuracy as my own country's museum :( (http://www.museoaeronautico.gob.cl) For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
mattebubben Posted May 12, 2017 Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) She is looking good =). Even if the Colors are not really spot on its allot better then what she looked like before they repainted her. Wind and weather had not been kind to her. Some more info about this aircraft in particular if anybody is interested. It was built in 1975 and was delivered to the F 15 wing where it served for most of its life with the code 15-18 (15 being the Wing and 18 being the Aircraft) she was upgraded to AJS standard in 1993. Sometime after that she was transferred to the F10 wing (Either After the AJS upgrade or when F15 was shut down in 1997 im not sure) where she became 10-18. And then she was finally retired and as mentioned donated to that museum in Spain. (Information is from https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_%C3%B6ver_Saab_37_Viggen which has this type of information about all Viggens built its in Swedish though ^^) Its always painful to see these beauties suffering outdoor but i guess they are still among the lucky ones (as the majority of Viggens where Scrapped ) Edited May 12, 2017 by mattebubben
nachomaga Posted May 14, 2017 Author Posted May 14, 2017 Yep, the colors seems to be little off. Strange because the Air Musseum ask for advice to Flygvapenmuseum in Linköping. They provived some stencils too. This is the article, in spanish: http://www.defensa.com/espana/nueva-vida-cazabombardero-sueco-viggen-museo-aeronautica
Rudel_chw Posted May 14, 2017 Posted May 14, 2017 Thanks for all the info ... its amazing that this plane arrived in flying condition :) For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
amalahama Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 I was the other day in the SAF museum and I had the opportunity to get close and personal with this Viggen. It might not be the proper color scheme but it looks waaaaay better than before. I was quite surprised to learn that it's an upgraded AJS, and it arrived to Spain by its own means (i.e. it was in a perfect flyable condition), actually it was the first jet aircraft landing in this particular airport (because the runway is quite small, general aviation only, but it seems it's not a problem for the Viggen...). I think it would be a great aircraft to move indoors and open the cockpit to visitors, due to its overall excellent status. Painting doesn't stand particularly well under the exhausting Spanish sun but it's a dry region and far from corrosive elements. Regards
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