SAAB
J29A Tunnan
The grainy Saab image above
gives a good general view of this chubby fighter, while the somewhat
better shot below shows the plan to better
advantage. In fact, the craft was aptly dubbed
"Tunnan"
meaning "the Barrel". Ugly though it may have
been on the ground, it was an excellent fighter in the
air, and
the production run of 661 of them remains Saabs longest production run
to date. Although
retired in the mid 1960s, some
were used on target towing missions well into the 1970s.