The Saab 17 was a Swedish single-engine monoplane reconnaissance aircraft and dive bomber of the 1940s, begun by ASJA before that company merged into Saab, and the first all-metal stressed-skin aircraft developed in Sweden. It answered a 1938 Swedish Air Force request for a replacement for the obsolete Fokker S 6, and entered service as the B 17 bomber and S 17 reconnaissance versions, on wheels, skis or floats. Engine supply was a constant problem, so it was built with three different engines, among them a Swedish copy of the Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp and the Bristol Mercury. The first flight was on 18 May 1940. Advances in aerodynamics, engine power and the arrival of jets gave it a short career: it left front-line service between 1948 and 1950 and secondary roles by 1954.
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1. Saab 17 (Wikipedia)
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reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft
Specifications, powerplant
Piaggio P.XIbis R.C.40D 14 cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Design and development, first flight
The first flight was on 18 May 1940
Operational history, retirement
the last examples were retired from secondary roles by 1954
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originally developed by ASJA prior to its merger into Saab
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The Saab 17 is a Swedish single-engine monoplane reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft
Exemplifies: Aviation, Lead, aircraft
reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft
In Group: Ground-Attack and Dive Bombers, Lead, role
reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft of the 1940s
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