strange planes... saab 21 it was a fighter and an attack aircraft of the swedish airforce in ww2 and later years it had number of innovations like the tricycle landing gears[common now] ,heavy forward-firing armament, ejector seat, and a twin-boom pusher layout[engines at the rear] that later allowed the type to be modified with a turbojet engine.The advantages of a pusher design, are that the view forward is unobstructed and armament can be concentrated in the nose, while a major drawback is difficulty in escaping from the aircraft in an emergency, as the pilot could get drawn into the propeller blades. SAAB deliberated between systems that would eject the pilot, or jettison the propeller or the engine and eventually installed an early ejector seat developed by Bofors for the purpose
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:58:57 +0000
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