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https://www.airway1.com/f-39-fighter-gr ... rce-pilot/F-39 Gripen fighter flies for the first time with a Brazilian Air Force pilot
Major Aviator Cristiano Peres took off with the supersonic jet
on Thursday for a 50-minute flight in Sweden. Country should receive first aircraft in September 2020
AUGUST 21, 2020
The new fighter of the Brazilian Air Force, F-39 Gripen E,
flew on Thursday for the first time commanded by a Brazilian pilot.
Major Aviator Cristiano de Oliveira Peres, pilot pilot of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB)
took off from the SAAB aerodrome in Linköping, Sweden
for a flight over the Baltic Sea that lasted about 50 minutes
to check the flight and piloting qualities of the aircraft.
Major Cristiano has been in Sweden since January 2020
undergoing a series of trainings in order to qualify him to pilot the new fighter,
including several hours in Saab simulators,
in addition to technical studies on the aircraft.
“The Gripen E FAB 4100 is still a prototype and took a lot of preparation time for that flight.
But when I heard the landing authorization from the control tower, I was sure that all the effort was worth it.
The first Gripen of the Brazilian Air Force should arrive in the country in September 2020 by sea
and will be placed in flight conditions
from an airport in the state of Santa Catarina, in the southern region of Brazil.
However, this first fighter will not yet be delivered to the FAB.
The unit, a FTI (Flight Test Instrumentation) test model,
will be taken to Embraer’s headquarters in Gavião Peixoto where the flight test program will continue.
Despite this, the aircraft will make a special presentation in the capital of Brazil on Aviator Day, on October 23.
According to the FAB schedule, the first operational Gripen E will be delivered from next year.
The Air Force decided to designate it as F-39E Gripen and the two-seater model as F-39F.
36 aircraft were ordered, 28 of which were single-seater and eight two-seater models.
The 1st Air Defense Group (1st GDA), based in Anápolis
will be the first Brazilian squadron to fly with the new fighter jet.