Letters From Our Readers, Jan. 16, 2023

January 13, 2023
steve trimble riding in a Saab-owned JAS 39D Gripen

BEHIND THE SCENES  Steve Trimble, Aviation Week defense editor, flew in the back seat of a Saab-owned JAS 39D Gripen fighter on a supersonic, 45-min. flight over the Baltic Sea during his visit to Saab headquarters in Linkoping, Sweden, Nov. 29. Martin Donaldsson, a Saab test pilot, flew in the front seat. The flight took place nearly three weeks before the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration announced a new upgrade program for the JAS 39C/D fleet.

Credit: Saab
Portable Energy Concerning your excellent article on hydrogen road/rail and maritime transport ( “Living with Hydrogen” Dec. 12-25, 2022, p. 42), an obvious advantage was not mentioned: Portable power stations. When gas/diesel versions of these transport systems are “parked,” they basically reward...

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