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| First JAS-39C Gripen Arrives Caslav AFB |
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The Saab JAS 39 "Gripen" (Griffin) is a
fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish
aerospace company Saab. The aircraft is in
service with the Swedish Air Force and the
Czech Republic Air Force and has been ordered
by the Hungarian Air Force and South African
Air Force.n April 2007, Norway signed an
agreement on a joint development programme of
the aircraft.
Gripen International acts as a prime
contracting organisation and is responsible
for marketing, selling and supporting the
Gripen fighter around the world.The Gripen is
designed for performance, flexibility,
effectiveness and survivability in air
combat. The designation JAS stands for Jakt
(Air-to-Air), Attack (Air-to-Surface), and
Spaning (Reconnaissance), indicating that the
Gripen is a multirole aircraft that can
fulfill each mission type. Gripen got its
name in a public competition in 1982.The
griffin is the heraldry on Saab's logo and
suited the multi-role characteristics of the
aircraft. Furthermore, the griffin is the
symbolic animal of Södermanland,a province
neighbouring the location in which Saab AB is
headquartered (Linköping, Östergötland).
Flying properties and performance are
optimised for fighter missions with high
demands on speed, acceleration and turning
performance. The combination of delta wing
and canards gives the JAS 39 Gripen good
take-off and landing performance and flying
characteristics. The totally integrated
avionics make it a "programmable" aircraft.
The Gripen also has a built in electronic
warfare unit making it possible to load more
ordnance onto the aircraft without losing
self defence capabilities.The JAS 39 Gripen
affords far more flexibility than earlier
generations of combat aircraft, and its
operating costs are about two thirds of those
for JA 37 Viggen.The specifications for the
Gripen required the ability to operate from
800 m runways. Early on in the programme, all
flights from Saab's facility in Linköping
were flown from within a 9 m × 800 m outline
painted on the runway. Stopping distance was
reduced by extending the relatively large air
brakes using the control surfaces to push the
aircraft down enabling the wheel brakes to
apply more force and tilting the canards
forwards, making them into large air brakes
and further pushing the aircraft down.One
interesting feature is the Gripen's ability
to land on public highways. Once on the
ground, it can be refuelled and re-armed in
ten minutes by a five man mobile ground crew
operating out of a truck, then take off again
and resume flying sorties. This gives its
users a remarkable level of flexibility in
deployment and resupply. * Crew: 1--2
* Length: 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in)
* Wingspan: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
* Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
* Wing area: 25.54 m (274.9 ft)
* Empty weight: 6,620 kg (14,600 lb)
* Loaded weight: 8,720 kg (19,200 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 14,000 kg (31,000
lb)
* Powerplant: 1× Volvo Aero RM12 (GE404)
afterburning turbofan, 54 kN dry, 80 kN with
afterburner (12,000 lbf / 18,100 lbf)
* Wheel track: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
* Maximum speed: Mach 2
* Range: Combat radius 800km, (500
miles), (430nm). ()
* Service ceiling: 15,000 m (50,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
* Wing loading: 341 kg/m² (70,3 lb/ft²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.94
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| Jas Patrick "Best I Can Be" |
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A former pro drummer, Jas Patrick is a
Nashville artist who not only wrote the song
featured in the video but also sang the lead
& harmony vocals, played all the drum parts,
percussion, congas & bongos, rhythm & most
lead guitar parts, bass guitar, piano and
helped to produce. Thank you to Jeff
Peterson for helping to produce and playing
slide quitar and to Jeffrey Way for the lead
guitar parts!
Check Jas out on his myspace site at
www.jaspatrick.com
Thanks again for coming by and taking a
minute to vote!
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| JAS 39C Gripen Air Display - 2006 |
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Also to coincide with the Farnborough Air
Show, Gripen display pilot Fredrik Müchler
and the Gripen team have got together to
produce a spectacular new video,
demonstrating the incredible aerobatic
performance of the Gripen new generation
fighter during a Fredrik Müchler air
display. Now you can follow every
breathtaking turn, climb, roll and loop the
loop as it happens. Our new 'Air Display'
video is a must for all true flight fans!
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