Kolbenmotorflugzeug

Passagierflugzeug Fokker F VIIa (F-VIIa), der Swissair, Immatrikulation CH-157

Dating

1982, Vorbild: 1931

Persons

Fokker (1913), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Swissair (1931 - 2002), Betreiber/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Stadler und Gamma, Modellbauer/in, archivalisch belegt

Description

Passagierflugzeug Fokker F VIIa (F-VIIa), der Swissair, Immatrikulation CH-157.

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: „CH“, „157“, „Swissair“, „Schweizerische Luftverkehr AG“

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Geography

Place of manufacture: Niederlande, Vorbild

Material / Technique

Holz, Metall, Kunststoff

Inventory number

VHS-4987

Legend

On the way to becoming a means of transport The Jumbo of the 1930’s The Dornier Do-X was the largest aircraft in the world and the epitome of technical progress. This becomes clear in a comparison with contemporary aircraft such as the Fokker F-VIIa or the Italian Savoia-Marchetti S-55 twin-hulled flying boat. Built in Altenrhein (Canton of St. Gallen) the Do-X was designed to carry around 70 passengers. On a test flight, it even carried 169 passengers. As a part of its numerous demonstration flights over Europe, South and North America, the Do-X even touched down on Lake Zurich in 1932. Although it was land based aircraft that later helped to make the break-through in transoceanic aviation, the construction and use of this giant flying boat represented a pioneering achievement of the highest order.