SAAB J 29 - The flying barrel!
1948- "50 years"
-1998
(click on the pictures
to see them in bigger size!)
The flying barrel was flying the first time in 1948 and served the Swedish
royal air force from 1951.
It´s in age equil with the US figther F-86 Sabre and the Russian
Mig-15
J
29A-Landing in snow
Fighting face
Eight "barrels" in the air 
Waiting for mission
Looping in formation
Flank formation
High in the sky
With "Rockets"

Length 10 meters - wingspan 11 meters 
UN service in Kongo 1961
The last version-J 29 F
With afterburner
Two J29F in the air
Links to more
J 29 sites> SAAB GUL Rudolf
