Christen Industries A-1 Husky (c/n 1079, HB-KCI), operated as a glider towing aircraft at Flugtage Fricktal-Schupfart 2018, Schupfart, July 2018. In 1972, Frank L. Christensen, the pioneer of modern kit planes for homebuilding, founded Christen […]
The first half of 2023 has passed and this is the best moment to take a closer look at aviation events planned for the remaining months of the year. In other words, it is the […]
On 7th July 1919, Oskar Bider, the famous Swiss aviation pioneer, died crashing his Nieuport 21 during an aerobatic performance in Dübendorf. Oskar Bider was born in 1891, in Langenbruck, Basel-Land. From his early years, […]
It was exactly four years ago, when we wrote about the sole airworthy ´Connie´ in Europe – and, at that time, one of only two such aeroplanes in the world that were still able to […]
Eurocopter EC635 P2+ (c/n 0608, T-354 of the Swiss Air Force), static display at the 75th Anniversary of Meiringen airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. If you think that silhouette of the EC635 strongly resembles an another, […]
Pilatus P-3-05 (c/n 511-60, HB-RCL of the P-3 Flyers aerobatic team, formerly A-873 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at Den ve vzduchu air show, Plasy, April 2016. In the early 1950s, increasing popularity […]
Pilatus PC-21 (c/n 104, A-102 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at 75th Anniversary of Meiringen airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. The story of training aircraft made by Pilatus company started already in the early […]
On 23rd September 1910, Jorge Chávez took-off from Brig in Switzerland and flown through the Pennine Alps to Italy. However, his aircraft crashed during the landing, heavily injuring the pilot. Jorge Chávez Dartnell (aka Geo […]
Pilatus P-2-05 (c/n 600-30, OK-PTW, formerly U-110 of the Swiss Air Force), exhibited at Classic Trainers open doors day, Plzeň, May 2022. In the middle of the World War II, the neutral country of Switzerland […]
François Durafour, a Swiss aviation pioneer, was born on 27th November 1888 in Geneva. After completing his mechanical studies, Durafour initially worked at Ateliers Sécherons and then in 1910 he was employed as Hanriot aeroplane […]
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