Swedish Saab Draken at Volkel; Volkel September 5, 2019

An Historical Saab in the Netherlands; Text and Photograph's by Alex van Noye

On September 5, 2019, a Swedish historical flight Saab Draken would make a landing at Volkel. The aircraft came by to refuel on its way to Zeltweg in Austria. The Saab would participate there in the Zeltweg Airpower which is the largest air show in Austria. The Saab J-35J Draken has flown for years with the Swedish Air Force as an air defense fighter and was replaced by the Saab JAS-39 Gripen at the beginning of this century. The aircraft arrived at Volkel at the end of the morning and would continue its way to Austria an hour later. After the weekend when te airshow was over, the aircraft returned to Sweden again via a different route and did not visit Volkel anymore.