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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

hey now be fair

List of accidents and incidents involving the JAS 39 Gripen

although given the JAS has a 23-year head start, i gotta say the F-35 has made a fantastic grab for the lead.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair most Gripen crashes happened in the early days, as a result of purposefully pushing the plane and pilot to their limits. Flying low enough to scrape treetops, sudden high-G manouvers... they train like they're in an actual war.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 7 hours ago

yeah the first two were because the pilot was outmanuevering the flight computer. the plane was much more capable than the initial software.

another fun fact is that the swedish air force does not have an aerobatics team. they all train for those maneuvers and whenever there's an airshow they're invited to they just send a random free airman from whatever base they happen to be on.