Compte AC-11 - Aviation History Switzerland

Alfred Comte
Comte AC-11

Geschichte

Comte AC-11-V

The Comte AC-11-V was a 1930s Swiss three-seat cabin monoplane produced by Flugzeugbau A. Comte for aerial photography and mapping.[1] The AC-11-V was a high-wing monoplane with a taikskid-conventional landing gear and powered by a 220 hp (164 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Lynx radial engine.

Design and development

The enclosed cabin had side-by-side seating for a pilot and co-pilot (or mapping photography specialist).[1] To allow easy access to the cabin the starboard seat folded to one side.[1] Another moveable seat was mounted on rails running the whole length of the cabin; it could be locked in any position on the rails giving access to the side windows.[1] A window was fitted between the pilots' seats to allow drift readings to be made and a further floor window aft allowed a vertical camera to be used.[1]

Operational history

During the Second World War years one aircraft was used by the Swiss Air Force to make detailed maps of Switzerland.

Comte AC-11
CH-285 / C-715 / HB-KIM

Werknummer:   c/n 38

Im Dienst  Aero Club Lausanne / Schweiz. Luftwaffe
vom 05.10.1931  bis am 14.11.1951

Geschichte des Flugzeuges:

• 05.10.1931 - Alfred Compte, Oberrieden als CH-285
  

• 00.00.0000 - Aero Club Lausanne - Vile de Lausanne als CH-285
  

• 20.07.1943 - Schweizer Luftwaffe als C-715
  

• 02.05.1945 - Aero Club Lausanne - Umgebaut zum Passagierflugzeug HB-KIM
  

• 14.11.1951 - Written Off
  

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