The Saab 29 Tunnan, colloquially Flygande Tunnan, or The Flying Barrel in English, is an early jet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It was the
Saab J 29F Tunnan 29670 SE DXB på uppvisning i Karlstad 2025
Saab S 29C Tunnan at Swedish Air Force Museum, Linköping
The cockpit of a J 29F, 2013
J 29F Tunnan 29666/T at Soderhamn /F 15 Aviation Museum, Söderhamn Airport
The de Havilland Ghost was the de Havilland Engine Company's second design of a turbojet engine to enter production and the world's first gas turbine engine to enter airline service. The Ghost powered
Saab 29 Tunnan
…the Tunnan commenced in late 1945. The design, internally designated R 1001, had a barrel-like fuselage due to being powered by the recently developed de Havilland Ghost turbojet engine, giving it the distinctive rotund appearance from which its name is derived. A relatively thin swept wing configuration was adopted…
A Swedish licensed-built de Havilland Ghost, the RM 2
de Havilland Ghost 50 at RAF Museum Cosford
Volvo Aero RM 2B at Flugmuseum Aviaticum, Wiener Neustadt