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Fokker F.VIIb 3m AD ASTRA CH-190 / Valom 1:72
In my first report I had the Swissair Fokker CH-166 adopted.
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Since the Swissair (Balair) and AD ASTRA Aero Zurich founded on 31 December 1930 by the merger of the two aviation companies Basler AG aviation, I have a 2nd version additionally F.VIIb the Fokker-3m AD ASTRA / CH 190 reconstructed.

Original details

Fokker F.VIIb / 3m / CH-190 / HB-LAC
On duty in AD ASTRA Aero Zurich from 28/02/1929 to 31 December 1930

History of the airplane:
28/02/1929 delivered to AD ASTRA Aero Zurich
01/08/1930 January and February - Walter Mittelholzerstrasse flies over the first man to Kilimanjaro,
later to Swissair as HB-LAC
4/12/1935 Crash landing in Promasens, Switzerland. Then used as spare parts.


Fokker F.VIIb-3m AD ASTRA CH-190 (Foto ETH Archiv Zürich)

Modell Fokker F.VIIb-3m AD ASTRA CH-190

















Fokker F.VIIb-3m der AD ASTRA in Mollis / Glarus / Switzerland





See Buildingreport with many original photos on the IPMS Switzerland Forum

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Kind regards from Switzerland
and a happy new year

Helmut

Exellente! I like this kind of machines even if aeroplanes are not my main area of interest. The pre-war machines had a certain "machinery-look" about them that I find fascinating
A really nice model of a subject full of character!

Johan i Hok