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Erik Bratt
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Erik Gustaf Bratt (1 January 1916 – 13 February 2010) was a Swedish engineer and pilot. Erik Bratt was the brother of Colonel Lars Bratt.[1]
Biography
[edit]Education
[edit]Bratt earned his flight certificate in 1937 and underwent flight training in the Swedish Air Force from 1940 to 1942.[2] He graduated in 1942 with a master's degree in engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology. He was employed at Skandinaviska Aero (later a part of Scandinavian Airlines) from 1942 to 1945. From 1945 until his retirement in 1981 he worked at Saab AB. In 1962, he became chief engineer; in 1964, he became the head of the design department for aircraft; and in 1974 director.[3]
Saab 35 Draken and Saab 37 Viggen
[edit]Erik Bratt was responsible for the construction of Saab 35 Draken and Saab 37 Viggen by Saab AB, Linköping, Sweden. Bratt personified, in Sweden, the concept of the development and vast expansion of the Swedish Air Force in the shadow of the Cold War and the nuclear arms race.[4]
At Saab AB, Bratt was the leader[5] of the construction team of Bertil Dillner, Hermann Behrbohm, Einar Bergström and Olof Ljungström. The project included, as key parts, the development of supersonic flight and the delta wing concept.
- From the 1950s to the 1970s, the client, the Swedish Air Force, desired (the Defence Act of 1958) a swift attack with strategic nuclear weapons-bombers such as Tupolev Tu-16, before they reached their targets. This is with fast supersonic-delta wing-fighter aircraft such as Saab 35 Draken, where speed and preparedness were the key factors.
- The Swedish Air Force also needed landing operation-defenses over the surrounding seas with attack aircraft and ultra-fast reconnaissance aircraft planes such as the Saab 37 Viggen.
- Economy and materials engineering for friction heat of the atmosphere set the limit for speed. This generated large orders to build a very large air force and resources for development.
Awards
[edit]Bratt was awarded the Swedish Aeronautical Society's Thulin Medal in gold in 1972.[6][7]
He was promoted in 1984 to technology honorary doctor at Linköping University[8] and was awarded the 1986 Söderberg plaque.[9] In 2002, he was appointed an honorary member of the Swedish Aviation History Association (Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening).
His autobiography is called Silvervingar (Silver wings);[10] Bratt was a reserve pilot at the Swedish Air Force and received Silvervingar.[11])
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "135 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1969)". runeberg.org.
- ^ "QR Dubbeldelta". Aeroseum. 26 April 2019.
- ^ 86-year-old pilot, designer of Dragon decorated, Flygnyheter 27 November 2002
- ^ Abrahamson, Håkan. "Festligt när Draken fyller 50". Ny Teknik.
- ^ "Draken – 50 år i luften".
- ^ "Thulinmedaljen | FTF". 24 October 2019.
- ^ Flygtekniska Föreningen Thulinmedaljen Silvermedaljörer-1944-2015 Archived 28 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine (PDF).
- ^ "Hedersdoktorer".
- ^ For merits in the field of aviation history. Recipients of the plaque can be proposed by the Chief of the Swedish Air Force, Volvo Aero AB and Royal Swedish Aero Club (Kungliga svenska aeroklubben) and by each member of the Swedish Aviation History Association (Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening).
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- ^ "Erik Bratt – Linköpings Flygklubb".
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