Saab test pilots Magnus Ljungdahl and Mikael Seidl performed the first flight of the Gripen Demo on May 27 from Linkoping in Sweden, a little over a month since it was rolled out (see Headline News, June 2008, p4). The flight lasted for 30 minutes from 1055hrs, and the aircraft reached an altitude of 21,000ft (6,400m) and 320kts (590km/h).
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