Torslanda
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Torslanda (pop 19,000, 2003) is an urban district [1] of Gothenburg Municipality — in the Bohuslän province, on the island of Hisingen, in western Sweden — located about 12 km north west of Gothenburg city centre proper.
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[edit] The Volvo Torslanda Plant
Volvo Cars operates one of its largest automobile plants, Torlslandaverken in Torslanda, under the motto "Increased capacity – for ever-higher quality." [2]
[edit] Torslanda Airport
From 1923 to 1977, prior to the opening of the Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, the city had been served by the Torslanda Airport — in Swedish: Torslanda Flygplats or Torslanda Flygfält.[3] [4] After 1977, Torslanda air traffic was assumed by both Gothenburg City Airport (also known as Säve Airport), and Landvetter. The airport code for Torslanda Airport was ESGB.
The Torslanda airport [4] had been the site of a mishap on 23 December, 1967 when a Douglas DC-6B operated by Sterling Airways carrying 55 passengers en route from Stockholm landed 3000 feet beyond the landing threshold.[5] In a notable 1972 incident, a flight also from Torlsanda en route to Stockholm was hijacked and diverted to Bulltofta airport outside the Swedish city of Malmö. Nine Croatians imprisoned nearby were traded for 500.000 SEK before flying to Madrid Spain, before being captured by police. [6]
At the airport site, an air traffic control tower was built in 1969 as replacement for an older tower built in 1938. The control tower, located on an adjacent hilltop, remains one of the last artifacts of the airport (much of which was demolished in 1997) and was renovated in 2007.
Notably, a historically correct "setting" of Göteborg-Torslanda is available for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Amhult: In recent years, the original land from the Torslanda Airport has quickly redeveloped into a residential area known as Amhult, eventually to become a garden village with 900 new homes, a commercial centre, preschool and school.[1]
[edit] The Volvo Museum at Torslanda Airport
After the close of the Torlsanda Airport as an actual transportation facility (1977), Volvo housed its collection of historic vehicles in "The "Blue Hangar" (Den Blå Hangaren) at Torslanda Airport. The collection comprised about 5-6 vehicles, only two of them in working order. Other vehicles were stored across Sweden in various Volvo facilities. Unfortunately, fire destroyed the hangar a few years later, but most of the vehicles escaped unharmed. [7] The collection was moved in to a permanent location with the opening of the Volvo Museum in Arendal at Hisingen on May 30, 1995.
Notably, The Blue Hanger was destroyed by a fire, May 31, 1980; a monument marks the place where the hangar stood.
Prior to its use as a defacto museum, the Torlsanda Airport hangers had served as presentation spaces for prominant vehicle debuts, including the 1957 Volvo P1900/Sport. [8]
[edit] Jack The Ripper and Torslanda
Notably, Elizabeth Stride, nee Elisabeth Gustafsdotter — believed to have been the third victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper — hailed from Torslanda, and had been Christened at the Torslanda Church (pictured).
[edit] References
- ^ a b Growing young population demands new approach. DC Torlanda.
- ^ From Mass-Market Cars to Niche Sports Utility Vehicles - The Volvo Torslanda Plant Turns 40. Swedespeed.com, Apr 15, 2004, Source: Volvo Car Corporation.
- ^ History - LFV
- ^ a b Landvetter Airport History. Spotters spot Gothenburg airports.
- ^ Accident Description, Torslanda, 1967. Aviation-Safety.net.
- ^ Hijacking Incident, Torslanda, 1972. Aviation-Safety.net.
- ^ Volvo Historical Collection Marks 10th Anniversary. DesignTAXI.com, 29 May 2005.
- ^ Drive: 1957 Volvo P1900/Sport. Motor Trend, Todd Lassa.
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