Maiden flight for Hungarian Air Force Gripen

Posted on: Oct. 28th, 2005 || Source: flightinternational.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

The maiden flight of the first Hungarian dual-seat Gripen aircraft took place yesterday at Saab in Linkoping Sweden.

These aircraft are the latest standard of the Gripen and are equipped with full-colour cockpit displays, a retractable air-to-air refueling probe and are fully NATO-interoperable.

Following this maiden flight, the aircraft now enters a period of ground and flight-testing to verify that all systems are operating in accordance with the Hungarian Gripen configuration plan.

This is the first of two Gripen dual seat aircraft, together with 12 Gripen single-seat aircraft, that Hungary will lease for a period of 10 years before taking ownwership of the aircraft under the terms of an agreement signed between Swedish and Hunagrian authorities in February 2003.

Deliveries of the 14 Gripen aircraft to Hungary will take place between March 2006 and December 2007.

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