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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Svenska Aero SA-14E Jaktfalken: Svenska Aero AB + Norwegian Army Air Service, source: Karl Kössler· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Jaktfalken II (SA-kuva 132316) (cropped): Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
- 3. Jaktfalken II (SA-kuva 132317) (cropped): Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
- 4. Svenska SA 11 Jaktfalken Aero Digest February,1930: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
what is it?
Svenska Aero Jaktfalken ("The Gyrfalcon") was a Swedish biplane fighter aircraft, constructed in the late 1920s. The aircraft was first manufactured by Svenska Aero from 1929 to 1932 and later by AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning (ASJA) from 1934 to 1935.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.8 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929
- number built
- 19
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Svenska Aero
- engines
- 1× Bristol Jupiter VIIF
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.5 m
- wingspan
- 8.8 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,470 kg
- top speed
- 310 km/h
- cruise speed
- 260 km/h
- range
- 550 km
- ceiling
- 7,800 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2301256, Wikipedia: Svenska Aero Jaktfalken (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.