Saab "Flygplan 80" Viggen replacement studies

hesham said:
I can't ID this VG fighter or strike aircraft drawing ?,at first I thought it was from
SAAB,Lockheed or even Convair !,could be a generic design,please help.
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For a start, it says "scala" at the top of the document, so since it's not English, you should have automatically ruled out Lockheed and Convair! Now a very quick search in Google Translation will tell you that the Swedish for "scale" is "skala", so it's not a Saab plan either! German is "Skala", so not German either! The best bet is Italian (or part-Italian), since "scala" is Italian for scale.
 
Stargazer said:
For a start, it says "scala" at the top of the document, so since it's not English, you should have automatically ruled out Lockheed and Convair! Now a very quick search in Google Translation will tell you that the Swedish for "scale" is "skala", so it's not a Saab plan either! German is "Skala", so not German either! The best bet is Italian (or part-Italian), since "scala" is Italian for scale.
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In German, Scale typically translates to Maßstab (alternatively spelled Massstab, Maszstab, or Masstab).
 
The wing roots and engine intakes remind us of SAAB's Draken. Mind you, once SAAB understood the deep-stall problem, they never used that configuration again.

Odd how the cockpit is so far forward.
Most super-sonic jets have long noses to tailor the shock cones.
Also the radar looks tiny.
 
I think its SKALA, and its Swedish. Note designation 1625-01 is in the 1600 series from the early 1970s, and the Draken-ish intakes.

1600: Single seat CAS/COIN attacker for SAF. Intended as Flygplan (Fpl) 38. Also known as B3L.

The earliest designation we have documented in this series is 1636 (BELOW) from 1973

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Thank you so much, Paul (and Aubi) for coming to the rescue of my increasingly faulty eyesight (despite the reading glasses)!
That being said, the logic of my approach remains sound: searching for language clues on a document makes it possible to eliminate a few possible hypotheses and narrow things down considerably.
 
So on balance of probability its the SAAB project 1625-01 from 1971, part of the Flygplan 80 studies

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From 1971 the Swedish Forsvarsmakten (FMV or Swedish Defence Material Administration) invested a substantial amount of money in a project called Flygplan 80 (Aircraft 80) which was intended to be a Viggen replacement that would enter production in the first half of the 1980s and reach service with the Swedish Air Force in the second half of the decade. Flygplan 80 was eventually retitled Project 85 and brought another proposal to life called the A20, which was itself a ground attack derivative of the Viggen.
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Gerard Keijsper - Saab Gripen-Sweden's 21st Century Multirole Aircraft
 
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Sweden Studies Viggen Replacement

Swedish defense ministry has initiated a study, designated Project 80, to develop an advanced aircraft to replace the Saab AJ37 Viggen attack version after 1985. The order coincides with deployment of the first operational AJ37 squadron. Meanwhile, the ministry also has ordered a production start on a new sea surveillance/attack Viggen variant.

Emphasis on hardware has been maintained this year at the expense of personnel strength, with manpower cuts having been made in all three branches of service. The moves reflect a Swedish desire to maintain a highly visible deterrent capability in conjunction with its politically neutral stance. Maintenance of a technologically strong defense posture is seen in Stockholm also as a means of enhancing hardware sales to other neutral and small nations.

Sweden has sold a squadron of Saab Draken fighters to Finland under an offset arrangement by which the aircraft will be assembled almost wholly in Finland. A similar offer is now being considered by the Dutch in connection with a proposed purchase of the Viggen. Sweden in now negotiating with Austria for the sale of Drakens. Defense budget for 1973-74, now up for parliamentary approval, contains a total of $1.57 billion (1972 dollars), an increase of $96.3 million over the previous fiscal year. Of the sum, the air force will receive $469.9 million. an increase of $39.3 million. Approximately $182.9 million has been earmarked for air force hardware procurement. The current budget is part of a $7.12-billion plan approved last year to cover the period ending 1978. The long-range plan envisions continued delivery of the Viggen, both in attack and trainer versions, with a continuation of development work and a
production start on the fighter version.
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AWST 9 March 1973
 

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