This week's entry is the first Russian jet bomber, the Ilyushin IL-28 (nicknamed the "Beagle" in NATO jargon):

(Images found here and here).

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Swedish planes are a lot sexier than their cars, if not their women. The Saab 37 Viggen is no exception, although I think it looks better from the top or bottom than in profile:

Images found here and here.

(Incidentally, the word viggen means thunderbolt, particularly one issued from Thor's warhammer, Mjölner).

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