And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Speaking of Sweden, this is an interesting story. Apologies if CW mentioned this before, but I missed it. An SR-71 ran into trouble over Sweden on June 29, 1987 and wound up at 25,000 feet over the Baltic, airspeed 380 knots. The Soviets scrambled fighters with orders to shoot it down. The Swedish AF command had other ideas. 15 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Z2Bb-wnls
NA-16-4M (NA-31) 138 built for Sweden's Flygvapnet as Sk 14/Sk 14A. Sk 14N trialled nosewheel for SAAB 21. powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind (Sk 14) or Piaggio P VII C (Sk 14A). From Wiki
Swedish Texan?
ReplyDeleteSwedish training plane. From back when they were training pilots for Germany.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a T-6/SNJ with Swedish national markings.
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Speaking of Sweden, this is an interesting story. Apologies if CW mentioned this before, but I missed it.
ReplyDeleteAn SR-71 ran into trouble over Sweden on June 29, 1987 and wound up at 25,000 feet over the Baltic, airspeed 380 knots. The Soviets scrambled fighters with orders to shoot it down. The Swedish AF command had other ideas. 15 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Z2Bb-wnls
Good story!
DeleteNorth American NA-16 trainer.
ReplyDeleteI think the OY-FUD is a nice touch also.
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ReplyDelete138 built for Sweden's Flygvapnet as Sk 14/Sk 14A. Sk 14N trialled nosewheel for SAAB 21.
powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind (Sk 14) or Piaggio P VII C (Sk 14A). From Wiki