Ad Astra Aero
Defunct Swiss airline
Ad Astra Aero
Founded
1919
Ceased operations
1930
Headquarters
Zürichhorn
, Switzerland
Key people
Alfred Comte
,
Walter Mittelholzer
,
Émile Taddéoli
Ad Astra Aero
(
Latin
for "to the stars air") was a
Swiss
airline
based at
Zürichhorn
in
Zürich
.
Dornier Merkur
(CH 142) operated by Ad Astra Aero (1927)
Walter Mittelholzer
using Dornier B-Bal
Merkur
(CH-142) at
Berlin Tempelhof Airport
Junkers F.13
(CH-92) operated by Ad Astra Aero
Fokker F.VIIb
3-m (CH-190) operated by Ad Astra Aero
Junkers G.23
(CH-133)
Rohrbach Ro-VIIIa Roland and its pilot Charpentier at
Geneva-Cointrin airport
(1929)
Flying boats
of Ad Astra Aero S.A. at
Zürichhorn
, as of today
Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen
lido,
Bellerivestrasse
nearby
Zürich Tiefenbrunnen train station
in the background (~1920)
Seaplanes
of Ad Astra Aero at
Zürichhorn
,
Albis
chain and
Fallätsche
(to the left), and
Uetliberg
(to the right) in the background.