These walk-around photos were taken at F11 Museum at Skavsta Airport outside Nyköping in 2026, with additional images from Västerås Flygmuseum in 2017 and Flygvapenmuseum in 2022. They show a SAAB S 29C Tunnan — the dedicated photo-reconnaissance variant of Sweden's iconic "Flying Barrel." The S 29C was equipped with seven cameras housed in a modified, unarmed nose and was the first Swedish combat aircraft to carry a rear-warning receiver. Between 1954 and 1956, SAAB built 76 examples of the type, all of which served in the reconnaissance role. Unusually for a swept-wing jet of its era, the Tunnan proved rugged, fast, and forgiving — qualities that made it a favourite with its crews throughout the tense years of Cold War surveillance over the Baltic.
This aircraft, 29969, was delivered to F 11 at Nyköping on 31 December 1955. After modification at the Central Workshop at Malmslätt it returned to F 11 in September 1956, where it carried the markings 11-blå M — the identity it wears today. In 1960 it was transferred north to F 21 at Luleå, and in 1967 moved again to F 3 at Östgöta before ending its flying days at the aviation mechanics school in Västerås. It has been deposited at F11 Museum by the Swedish Air Force Museum since 2008, displayed outdoors in its original F 11 markings — a fitting homecoming for a Nyköping aircraft.