ACEAIR SA Aceair's unorthodox Aeriks A-200 kitbuilt sportplane was unable to make its debut as scheduled at the EAA's AirVenture at Oshkosh in July 2001, but made a successful first…
This club's Ultimate EA230 aerobatic aircraft was built by Walter Extra, the design now being Extra's property.
Aktiengesellschaft für Flugzeug-unternehmungen Altenrhein formed 1959 to continue development of FFA P-16 jet attack aircraft.
Franz Berger modified Erla 5D with VW engine 1968.
Hans Berger produced BX-50 single-seat and BX-110 2-seat helicopters 1973-5.
Gion Bezzola built light aircraft 1978 and 1982.
Max Brändli built BX-2 Cherry light aircraft 1982; 21 aircraft were built by 1991.
Max Brügger built Colibri 1 1965 and Colibri 2 1970, both single-seaters, over 260 Colibri 2 building or flying.
Flugzeugbau A. Comte established Hargen, Zürich, 1923, built mainly German designs under licence. First original design AC.1 fighter, flown April 1927. Subsequent designs all prototypes or very short runs: AC.3…
AG für Dornier-Flugzeuge set up 1926 at Altenrhein, with head office in Zurich marked Aero-Metall AG. Built Do D seaplane, Do E and Super Wal flying-boats, Delphin III 10-passenger boat…
Brothers Armand and Henri Dufaux built helicopter 1905 and triplane 1908 (1st Swiss aeroplane). Dufaux 4 still in Luzern museum, Dufaux 5 used army manoeuvres 1910.
Eidgenössiche Konstruktions Werkstätte formed Thun 1914, built aircraft designed by Haefeli: DH-1 pusher (6), DH-3 2-seat tractor (110), DH-5 (60 in 1919) and DH-5A (22 in 1928). In 1932 produced…
Hans Erni built light aircraft 1973.
Located at Emmen, government aviation R&D centre and, since 1934, also for production of military aircraft. At that time called EFW, from Eidgenössisches Flugzeugwerke. Prime contractor for Vampire, Venom, Hunter,…
Farner AG Flugzeugbau, previously an overhaul/modification centre, produced W.11 (W for designer Weber) light biplane 1933, followed by WF.21 (basically 4-seat version of Comte AC.4) 1935 and finally WF.12 2-seater…
In 1948 AG für Dornier Flugzeuge, Altenrhein, became entirely Swiss FFA (Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke AG). Operated unchanged until in January 1987 aviation activity sold to Justus Dornier group, Zürich, name…
Occasionally used for Flug & Fahrzeugwerke, more often abbreviated FFA.
Briefly (1981-2) name of FFA; abbreviation FWA occasionally encountered.
Carries out modification, notably design and fitting of multipurpose external payload pods.
Small company named for town where Farner located which built small number of latter's WF.21.
August Häfeli had worked for Farman and Aerowerke Gustav Otto before being appointed chief engineer of new aircraft department of K+W, Eidgenössisches Konstruktions Werkstatte (Ateliers Fédéraux de Constructions) at Thun…
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