Flybåren

Flybåren is an retired Norwegian surveillance aircraft used by the Royal Norwegian Air Force from the 1960s to the 2000s. The aircraft was a two-seat trainer and surveillance variant of the de Havilland DH.112 Venom, a British-built jet fighter aircraft.

First introduced in 1954, the DH.112 Venom was a single-seat fighter aircraft operated by several air forces worldwide. In Norway, the plane was delivered in 1956 as a multi-role fighter and started flying operations in 1957. Some aircraft were converted to the flybåren configuration in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The flybåren configuration featured a specialized nose cone fitted with a T52-LB-15A-2 camera, allowing for reconnaissance and surveillance duties. The aircraft was primarily used for tasks such as coastal surveillance, anti-ship missile tracking, and over-water tracking.

Operational details reveal that between 1967-1971, the Royal Norwegian Air Force reworked a few backlog aircraft to function with T52-LB-15A-2 camera pod setups. The exact number of flown and mission-intercurrently-session isn’t explicitly stated. This scanning plane thrust during the 1980s and it’s attributed to the conversion of the aircraft to Pods with proceeded efficient reconnaissance experience during operation.

Flybåren returned to service in the late 1980s, after undergoing a series of technical modifications to enhance its sensor system. For several years the planes remained on active service under less mission coverage filming attack and surveillance operations.