Erik Carlsson (5 March 1929 – 27 May 2015) was a Swedish rally driver for Saab. He was nicknamed “Carlsson på taketh” (“Carlsson on the roof” in reference to Astrid Lindgren’s children’s book character) as well as Mr. Saab (due to his public relations work for the company). Carlsson was born in Trollhättan. Erik Carlsson married Pat Moss on 9 July 1963 in London. Pat was also a famous…
The Saab 37 Viggen (The Tufted Duck; the word also means The Thunderbolt) is a single-seat, single-engine multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It was the first canard-equipped aircraft to be produced in quantity and the first to carry an airborne digital central computer with integrated circuits for its avionics, arguably making it the most modern/advanced combat aircraft in Europe at the time of introduction. The…