I visited the Army Institute and its Arsenal museum in Vienna – HGM (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) last year. Despite the awful weather I made several pictures of two wonderful Swedish birds – the Saab 29 Tunnan (see my older post here) and Saab J-35 Draken (Pls. note, that Draken means Dragon in English language). I placed several pictures documenting this elegant bird here – more detailed photographs depicting the undercarriage, Ram Air Turbine and various surface details will be published the next time.
The canopy, air intakes and nose of the Austrian Draken.
Take note of very thin edges of the air intakes – made of the translucent material:
Here you can see the RAT (Ram Air Turbine) below its opened hatch. It is positioned between the drop tanks and the front undercarriage:
Do not overlook the angled drop tank pods and the shape of the gun muzzle area (upper/lower image):
Do not overlook the the stenciling (darker) base color:
Take note of the rear portion of the drop tanks and the wing blunt trailing edges:
Here is the middle portion of Draken:
The “Imprisoned” dragon – from behind. I had to climb the museum facade to make this shot… therefore I posted Hi-res shot here:
The hinges of lowered control surfaces can be clearly seen here:
The rear part of the Draken with several interesting details: the auxiliary rear undercarriage, the (four) air brakes, tail auxiliary air inlets, the wing structure with lightening holes, the small navigation lights on the trailing edges (one on each side) …
Here you can find another interesting (not only Draken) walkarounds. By the way: You can see the inside of the HGM (museum) by taking part in the virtual survey if you wish. It pays off I think – it is nicely done!
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