327K views · 2.5K reactions | Historical moment. Today we celebrate the first aircraft Saab built, the B 17, which made its maiden flight 18 May 1940 and paved the way for our aircraft production. Read more about our history here: https://bit.ly/2LuuZlU | Saab | Facebook

Here's something rare, a Saab B17, Saab's first aircraft, filmed at Flying Legends in 2005. Subscribers to WingsTV can watch the full display plus an interview with the Pilot now. Our online Channel WingsTV.co.uk features more than 80 hours of Airshow Films including 15 FULL Flying Legends Airshow Films and 5 RIAT Films. It also has Aviation Documentaries like "A Spitfires Story" and "One Summer- Two Messerschmitts". There's full in-cockpit films that put you in the Pilot's seat of a full airsho

Join us as we salute the Saab 17, our first in-house designed and produced Aircraft, which made its maiden flight some 75 years ago today. Work began in 1938 and on 18 May 1940 the first test flight took place from a field in Linköping where our Saab plant still is situated. With its aerodynamic shape and all-metal design, the Saab 17 was a modern aircraft for its time. The Swedish Air Force ordered 322 Saab 17 out of 324 built in total for use as a bomber (B) and reconnaissance aircraft (S). Th