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Saab J-35 Draken with a spectacular airshow display at Airpower 2019. Almost constant afterburner during the display. A cold war fighter jet made in Sweden. The Saab 35 Draken is a Swedish fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Saab between 1955 and 1974. It was the first fully supersonic aircraft to be deployed in Western Europe and the first aircraft to do the Cobra maneuver! General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: m (50 ft 4 in) Wingspan: m (30 ft 11 in) Height: m (12 ft 9 in) Wing area: 49.2 m2 (530 sq ft) Airfoil: 5% Empty weight: 7,865 kg (17,339 lb) Gross weight: 11,000 kg (24,251 lb) Max takeoff weight: 11,914 kg (26,266 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Svenska Flygmotor RM6C afterburning turbojet engine, 56.5 kN (12,700 lbf) thrust dry, 78.4 kN (17,600 lbf) with afterburner Performance Maximum speed: 2,450 km/h (1,520 mph, 1,320 kn) at 11,000 m (36,089 ft) Maximum speed: Mach 2 Ferry range: 2,750 km (1,710 mi, 1,480 nmi) with external drop tanks Service ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft) Rate of climb: 199 m/s (39,200 ft/min) Wing loading: 231.6 kg/m2 (47.4 lb/sq ft) Thrust/weight: 0.7 Takeoff roll: 800 m (2,625 ft) Armament Guns: 1× or 2× 30 mm AKAN M/55 ADEN cannon with 100 rounds per gun (in Saab 35F one cannon was omitted to fit avionics needed for Falcon missile integration, earlier variants and export variants retained twin guns.) Hardpoints: six for ordnance, or drop tanks on the bottom two hardpoints, with a capacity of 2,900 kg (6,393 lb),with provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: 2× 75 mm air-to-ground rocket pods ventrally or 12× 135 mm rockets on six underwing pylons Missiles: Rb 24, Rb 27 and Rb 28 air-to-air missiles Bombs: The Danish export version, (F-35), was modified according to NATO standards and was fitted with 1,000lb bomb hardpoints Also flyable in War thunder
