Developed in Sweden during WWII when buying foreign aircraft had become impossible, the J22 was a fine fighter limited by its copied R-1830 Twin Wasp engine. Photographed with my tripod placed on one of the tables put up here for a dinner - many thanks to the Flygvapenmuseum staff for their tolerance!

The EP-106 was an export version of the Seversky P-35 fighter. 60 machines were delivered to Sweden in 1940. This one was later fitted out as a photo reconnaissance aircraft as you can see.

A lumbering two-seat patrol seaplane built by the Swedish Thulin company, the Type G first flew in 1917 and top speed was just 118 km/u (73 mph).

Saab's J21R jet fighter retained the long legs of the J21A propeller plane, and compared to the otherwise rather similar Vampire it seems to stand twice as high! This machine is actually a surviving J21A, 21286, modified to represent the extinct jet variant. 64 J21Rs were originally constructed and they were soon converted to A21R attack aircraft.

First flown in 1990 as SE-G21 and delivered on 19 January 1991 to Crossair as HB-AKM.

A very rare Reggiane fighter. The Re.2000 mainly served with the Hungarian and Swedish air forces, with the Regia Aeronautica preferring the Macchi MC.200.

More a patrol and training aircraft than a fully fledged bomber, the Ca.313 attracted large orders from France and Britain, but these were cancelled by Italy's entry in WWII. A 900-aircraft German order also remained largely unfulfilled. Delivery of 84 machines to Sweden was completed, however. Here the Caproni was reputed to be a flying coffin. The cabin of this one does appear to be alarmingly flimsy, but this is only a non-airworthy flying replica, containing a few original parts. In fact I'm told the aircraft was quite good in itself, but suffering from unreliable engines and systems.

The Phönix D.I / D.II / D.III was an Austro-Hungarian WWI fighter based on the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I. Only a few D.IIIs were completed before the end of the war. Sweden purchased 17 of these aircraft, called Phönix 222s. Ten more were built under licence by FVM here at Malmen in 1925-1926. In 1926 the type received the J1 designation for a fighter, although it was by then used only as a trainer.

Representing the Soviet MiG-15s which shot down a Swedish signals intelligence C-47 and a rescue PBY in 1952. 215 is the Polish serial of this Polish-built MiG.

Chased by a MiG-15 in the Flygvapenmuseum, the Vampire was the first jet fighter in Swedish service, preceding the indigenous J21R and J29 by several years. The first five machines, including this one, were delivered to F13 wing at Norrköping on 4 June 1946.

Seen here on skis, the C.V was the most succesful military Fokker aircraft of the interwar years. This example was licence-built here at Malmen in 1934.

Morning rush hour at Arlanda.

Designed by Ernst Heinkel and first flown in 1914, the Albatros B.II was the main German reconnaissance aircraft early in WWI, despite the poor view for the observer who sat in the front cockpit. It was also an important trainer. One B.II was interned in Sweden at the outbreak of the war, and the design was copied and manufactured by several Swedish companies.

The Piasecki H-21 Work Horse, or Flying Banana, was delivered to Sweden as the Vertol 44 from 1958. Receiving the local designation Hkp1, the type was used mainly by the Marinen (Navy) for transport, rescue, anti-submarine and minesweeping duties.

A forgotten, and perhaps forgettable design by Ernst Heinkel, the HD-35 was a three-seater with three separate cockpits but the front one is faired over here, as it usually was. The Swedish air force bought this airframe for evaluation as a trainer, but it failed to impress and was sold as SE-SAM.

Lining up on Rwy 19L.