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{{Zone
|name = DragonZoneDragonzone|image = [[File:DragonZone.jpg|350px]]|imagetext = Viggen and Draken
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|difficulty = [[File: Difficulty2.png|90px]]|location = [[Municipality: Linköping|Linköping]], [[Region:Östergötland|Östergötland]], [[Country:Sweden|Sweden]]|surface = [[RemoteGrass]], [[Gravel]]|created = unknown2010-09-06|trivia = Formerly called ''DragonZone''
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One of the zones placed at aircraft on display along major roads in Linköping, home of Swedish aircraft industry.
These aircraft are SAAB J37 Viggen and SAAB J35 Draken'''Dragonzone''' is a [[turf zone]] in the [[municipality]] of [[Municipality: Linköping|Linköping]] in the [[region]] of [[Region: Östergötland|Östergötland]] in [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]].
The == Placement ==This [[turf zone ]] is in a remote location, located along the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E4 E4] east of [[Linköping]] but is easily not accessible by foot, bike, or carfrom the highway.
== Directions ==From [[Linköping]] take National Road 35 to Mörtlösarondellen and take towards Linghem. After about 4.5 kilometers turn left towards Vreta. After just over 1 kilometer, the zone is on the left side before the road goes under the highway. == The place ==A remote place, with some of the planes placed around Linköping to show the city's role as the country's number one aviation city. These aircraft are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_37_Viggen SAAB J37 Viggen] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_35_Draken SAAB J35 Draken]. == Sweden's aviation capital ==It is possible that the name was created for marketing purposes for [[Linköping]], but there is something in the name as well. Flight school was started at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmen_Airbase Malmen Airbase] as early as 1912 (one of [[Country: Sweden|Sweden's]] first). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96stg%C3%B6ta_Wing Östgöta Wing] (nowadays there is only one helicopter flotilla). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_AB Svenska Aeroplan AB] (SAAB) was founded in 1937 and started its aircraft production in the city a couple of years later. Both the development and manufacture of aircraft are located in Linköping. Thanks to SAAB, Linköping grew strongly during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War Cold War]. With SAAB, another airport was built in the city, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping/Saab_Airport Linköping/Saab Airport], which is shared by Saab and civil aviation. == Flight-related zones in Linköping ===== The aircraft along the E4 from west to east ===* [[Zone: BarrelZone|BarrelZone]]: Saab J29 Tunnan and Saab J32 Lansen* [[Zone: Sixtyzone|Sixtyzone]]: SK60 (Saab 105) and SK50 (Saab 91 Safir)* [[Zone: 340Zone|340Zone]]: Saab SF340* [[Zone: Dragonzone|Dragonzone]]: Saab AJ37 Viggen and Saab J35 Draken === Other flight-related zones in Linköping ===* [[Zone: Airplane|Airplane]]: Air Force Museum (many aircraft).* [[Zone: SimuZone|SimuZone]]: Saab's southern entrance right next to Åtvidabergsvägen is a Saab J35 Draken perched on a pillar.* [[Zone: Linkflyer|Linkflyer]]: Linköping Airport and Saab's northern entrance.* [[Zone: MalmenView|MalmenView]]: View of one runway at Malmen Airbase. == External links ==* [https://warded.se/turf/zones.php?zone=Dragonzone Dragonzone (Warded)]* [https://www.flyghuvudstaden.se/om-flyghuvudstaden Linköping – Sweden's aviation capital (in Swedish)] [[Category: Zones]][[Category: Sweden]][[Category:Östergötland]] [[Category: Linköping]][[Category:Sweden2010]] [[sv:Zon:DragonZoneDragonzone]]
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