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Haugesund Airport, Storesundsskjær
Haugesund Airport, Storesundsskjær () was a water aerodrome which served the Haugesund (town), town of Haugesund in Rogaland county, Norway, from 1936 to 1956. The airport consisted of a barge anchored at Midtre Storesundsskjær in Haugesund's port. Affixed was a floating dock and a terminal building. Det Norske Luftfartsrederi flew to Haugesund in 1920. The service was resumed by Widerøe in 1934, although it was taken over by Norwegian Air Lines (DNL) the following year. Their larger Junkers Ju 52s caused the municipality to replace a buoy with a permanent airport. From 1940 to 1945 the airport was used by the Luftwaffe. DNL resumed flights from 1946 through 1949. Widerøe then resumed them in 1950. Finally, West Norway Airlines flew from 1952 through 1956. History The first aviation services in Haugesund was in 1920, when Det Norske Luftfartsrederi commenced a coastal services from Stavanger via Haugesund to Bergen. Using a Supermarine Channel, the airline failed to make a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon Books] |
Haugesund (town)
Haugesund () is a municipality and town on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. As of December 2023, the municipality of Haugesund has a population of 37,855. The vast majority of the population (37,008) live in the Haugesund urban area in the municipality's southwest. The Haugesund urban area also extends into neighboring Karmøy municipality and has a combined population of 46,359. Haugesund is the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern Vestland. The majority of the municipality outside this area is rural or undeveloped. The municipality is the 338th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Haugesund is the 28th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 37,855. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 5.9% over the previous 10-year period. The Haugesund urban area, which extends into the neighboring municipality of Karmøy, makes up about of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon Books] |
DNL Ju 52 In Haugesund 2
DNL, dnl, or similar, may refer to: * dnL, variant of the soft drink 7 Up * DNL or Deutsche Nachwuchsliga (the German Development League), is the elite junior league of the German Ice Hockey Federation * Daniel Field, an airport in August (Georgia), according to IATA * Day-Night Average Sound Level, a measure of average noise level over a day * Denial eSports, a North American eSports organization. * Det Norske Luftfartrederi, a Norwegian airline from 1918 to 1920. * Det Norske Luftfartsselskap, one of the four Scandinavian airlines merged to produce Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) * Differential nonlinearity error, in electronics and digital signal processing * North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party * Dynamic Noise Limiter, a noise reduction system by Philips * Discard to next line, a comment delimiter in the m4 computer language * Do not load A bill of materials or product structure (sometimes bill of material, BOM or associated list) is a list of the raw materials, sub-assembl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon Books] |
1956 Disestablishments In Norway
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Waorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 2 – Austria and Israel establish diplomatic Austria–Israel relations, relations. * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon Books] |
