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Sneakpeak: Flying a Fast Jet
🕑 Added 2024-02-27 16:45:49 +0000 UTCTalk about timing! Yesterday Hungary cast the final vote to pave the way for Sweden's accession into NATO, and today I found myself in a Swedish Saab Gripen jet flying over frozen lakes, cotton candy clouds, at supersonic speed and hitting the G's. This fast, nimble and precise fast jet makes flying easy - I will share the full experience with you soon.
Before I do that, a wholehearted thank you to you as a supporter of the channel - without you, this channel would not exist and I would not be able to go on filming tours like this one or on research visits. Though an 'all-inclusive' trip was offered to me, I declined and paid for all the reasonable expenses for this opportunity (hotel, flights to Sweden etc). This is to remain independent and have a clear delimitation between the channel and a company that provides such a flight (Saab in this case).
Full disclosure: This flight was meant to happen end of last year but after I arrived at the tarmac, disaster struck: it turned out that the plane had to be grounded on that day. As I had paid for the trip, Saab compensated for this 'wasted' expense by paying this second attempt due to the issue last year being technically - both figuratively and practically - on their side. I think this was a fair arrangement and also shows, because community funds paid the original expenses, that without your support, this would not be possible. So thank you again and I can not wait to share the video with all of you!
Chris
Comments
Nicholas Mew
Beautiful, I am sure you had a wide smile under that oxygen mask. Looking forward to this.
Steve Kurt
Looking forward to the full video on this! Glad that you were able to make this work out.
ViggenCA
So cool, being allowed up in a Gripen .. hopefully with a need for speed :)
Sheldon Tyber
Beautiful video! Looking forward to the whole episode.
