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geranio | all galleries >> Galleries >> Un Museo Singular, la Fundación Infante de Orleans y Museo del Aire de Cuatrovientos (Madrid) > Saab JA 37 "Viggen"
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05-MAR-2006 Josefina

Saab JA 37 "Viggen"

Madrid - Spain

Many thanks to Ernst van Loon: "Just a correction: this is a JA-37. The number 39 is used for its successor, the 'Gripen'.
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Museo del Aire - Cuatro Vientos - Madrid -Spain

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Al 02-Aug-2007 16:02
Trivia: The Viggen was the inspiration for Burt Rutan to build the Vari-Viggen in 1970. His conclusion: Using wood, aluminum, and fiberglas was too complicated. It took four years for Burt to build the Vari-Viggen. He decided to design a new homebuilt that would be very easy to build and called it the Varieze. His first wife said, "Either that plane goes or I go." Burt's comment, "I did not realize it would such a vari-eze decision to make." And the Varieze revolutionized homebuilding aircraft. It took Burt six months to build the Vari-Eze.