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karlitko
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posted 03-23-2007 04:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for karlitko   Click Here to Email karlitko     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang flew JAS-39D Gripen at SAAB Linköping facility on March 20.



Saab test pilot Magnus Lundahl and Christer Fuglesang after their flight


gliderpilotuk
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posted 03-24-2007 12:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for gliderpilotuk   Click Here to Email gliderpilotuk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My sister-in-law from Linkoping happens to be staying with us - I'll see if she met him

It's a small town, dominated by Saab, but with a great ice hockey team.

Paul Bramley

karlitko
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posted 04-17-2007 03:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for karlitko   Click Here to Email karlitko     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here is the photo of Stig Holmström congratulating Christer Fuglesang after his Gripen flight. Stig Holmström is former chief test pilot of SAAB and he flew the first flight of Gripen more than 18 years ago.

Later that day, Christer Fuglesang received his Gripen Order induction certificate during ceremony in Swedish Air Force Museum at Malmslätt AFB by Linköping.

karlitko
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posted 04-17-2007 04:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for karlitko   Click Here to Email karlitko     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by gliderpilotuk:

It's a small town, dominated by Saab, but with a great ice hockey team.

Yes, Cluben is always playing well. Specially when they have such great players as Czech forward Tomas Vlasak. Sadly they lost their final (2-4) with MODO (surely because MODO has two Czechs ).

asdert
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posted 04-17-2007 04:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for asdert     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Always Czech twice! :-)

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