Switzerland 2002

General

General photos including a flight at Kagiswil (Sarnen) Airfield.

Aircraft	Operator	Reg'n	Notes
			Overflying Alpnach airfield with Kagiswil airfield in the distance, dead centre of the picture, from the front (passenger) seat of `CM
			The approach to runway 03 at Kagiswil, from the front (passenger) seat of `CM
Aerospatiale SA.315B Lama	Helog	HB-XZU	Lifting a roof truss right over my head in Lucerne town centre 20/8/2002
Grumman AA-5B Tiger	Pilatus Flying Club	HB-UCM	Sarnen Kagiswil airfield. We had rides in this and the Tobago around the Alps thanks to the chief pilot of the Pilatus Flying Club. The most spectacular flights of my life so far!
Maule MX-7	Segelfluggruppe Winterthur	HB-KDF	Sarnen Kagiswil airfield
Pilatus B4 (PC-11AF)		HB-1317
Piper J3 Cub	Flugbetriebs AG	HB-ODH	Sarnen Kagiswil airfield
Piper J3 Cub	Pilatus Flying Club	HB-ONA	Sarnen Kagiswil airfield
SOCATA TB.10 Tobago	Pilatus Flying Club	HB-EZW	Sarnen Kagiswil airfield

Excellent museum with the world's last remaining Lockhhed 9 Orion.

Aircraft	Operator	Reg'n	Notes
Bell 47G-5	Heliswiss	HB-XAE
Comte AC-4 Gentleman		HB-KIL
Convair 990A Coronado	Swissair	HB-ICC
Dewoitine D-26	Swiss Air Force	U-288
Douglas DC-3	Swissair	HB-IRN
EKW C-3603	Swiss Air Force	C-537
F+W N-20.2 Arbalete	Swiss Air Force	A-710
Fokker FVIIa	Swissair	HB-LBO	Ex CH-157, inherited from the old Balair, it flew from 1931 to 1950, Swissair's only single-engined Fokker airliner.
Lockheed 9C Orion	Swissair	'CH-167'	Sole survivor, a converted Altair, ex N12222, once Jimmy Doolittle's personal plane and a racer with Paul Mantz. Swissair operated two, but not this one.
Messerschmitt Bf-108B-1 Taifun	Swiss Air Force	A-210
Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel		HB-MH8	Unusual to see a Flea on skis.
Nieuport 28C-1	Swiss Air Force	688
Soldenhoff SL-1 (S-5)			Last in a short line of tailless aircraft, designed and built by Alexander Soldenhoff, this taxied in 1937, but never flew. Official name is SL-1 - S = Soldenhoff and L = Langenthal, 1 as it was his first design after returning from Germany, where he had designed most of his other planes.
Spalinger S21H		HB-307	Jakob Spalinger was a prolific glider deigner, the S18 being possibly his best-known design.

Taken on the 20th August 2002. Swissair had collapsed the previous autumn, and several of their aircraft remain stored in the background.

Operator	Aircraft	Reg'n
Alitalia Express	Embraer ERJ-145	I-EXMB
Belair	Boeing 757-200	HB-IHS
Edelweiss Air	Airbus A330-200	HB-IQZ
Emirates Airlines	Airbus A330-200	A6-EKW
Japan Airlines	Boeing 747-400	JA8087
Swiss International Airlines	Airbus A319	HB-IPR
Swiss International Airlines	Airbus A319	HB-IPV
Swiss International Airlines	Airbus A330-200	HB-IQB
Tyrolean Airways	Bombardier CRJ-200 LR	OE-LCQ