| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | CH-171 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dornier Do B Merkur |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dornier Do B Merkur |
| Aircraft Version: | Dornier Do B Merkur II |
| C/n (msn): | 165 |
| Aircraft Name: | Switzerland |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Seaplane Base: | Zürich - Zürichhorn Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 8 October 1926 to 7 December 1926 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 368217 |
| Photo Comment |
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Pioneering Swiss company Ad Astra Aero operated a seaplane station on Zürichhorn, near the Tiefenbrunnen public bath. Departing on 7 December 1926, pilot and photographer Walter Mittelholzer flew CH-171 Switzerland from Zürich to Cape Town via the Nile with his co-pilot and mechanic Hans Hartmann, René Gouzy and geologist Arnold Heim. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich This photo was added on 12 June 2021, and has since been viewed 707 times. |