The slightly less well known

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Comte AC-3

The Comte AC-3 was a late 1920s Swiss bomber/transport aircraft.

In November 1928, Bolivia placed an order with Alfred Comte, for three long-range bomber-transport aircraft, using funds collected by subscription.

The AC-3 was a large high-wing monoplane of mixed construction. It was fabric covered and had a trio of open cockpits, one in the nose for a gunner/observer, one forward of the wing for a pilot, and one on the upper rear fuselage for a rear gunner. It featured an unconventional engine layout with two 600 hp Hispano-Suiza inline piston engines in tandem supported on several struts above the fuselage. The engine installation had to be high enough to allow clearance for the two (one pusher, one tractor) propellers above the fuselage. A hatch in the port side allowed cargo or troops to be carried in the main cabin.

The aircraft made its first flight from Dübendorf airfield on 22 February 1930. Test flights soon showed it failed to meet its expected top speed, so it was refitted with four-bladed propellers instead of the original two-bladed types. A collapse in the price of tin resulted in severe financial problems in Bolivia, and the military junta ruling Bolivia cancelled the order for the three Comte bombers, with only the first example being built, which was dismantled in 1935.

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Comte AC-4

The Comte AC-4 Gentleman was a 1920s Swiss two-seat sport/training aircraft, which first flew in 1927.

It was a braced high-wing monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear. It had staggered seats for two with an option for dual controls. Early production versions were powered by a 115 hp Cirrus Hermes inline piston engine, which gave a max speed of 109mph and a cruise of around 85mph.
Later the AC-4B was built with a 140 hp Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major or a 110 hp Cirrus Hermes, only five AC-4B`s were completed.

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Comte AC-8

The Comte AC-8 was a 1930s Swiss six-seat light transport aircraft.

The Comte AC-8 was designed as a light transport for five passengers, and it was an upscaled, similar in configuration to the company's earlier Comte AC-4.
It featured a braced high monoplane wing, with a conventional tail unit and fixed tailwheel landing gear. The enclosed cabin had accommodation for a pilot and five passengers. The aircraft was powered by either a 300hp Wright J-6 or Lorraine radial engine of similar output.Only three aircraft were built.

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Comte AC-11-V

The Comte AC-11-V was a three-seat cabin monoplane from the 1930`s for aerial photography and mapping.

The enclosed cabin had side-by-side seating for a pilot and co-pilot (or a mapping / photography specialist). For access to the cabin the seating folded to one side. Another moveable seat was mounted on rails running the entire length of the cabin, which could be locked in any position on the rails and provided access to the side windows. A window was also 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.

It was powered by a 220hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx radial piston, which was good for a max speed of 120mph, but a normal cruise was around 95mph.

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Aceair AERIKS 200

The Aceair AERIKS 200 is a Swiss sports plane marketed in kitplane form.

It features a highly streamlined, bullet-shaped fuselage, with a T-tail and large ventral fin, pusher propeller, and canard. The pilot and passenger are seated in tandem. Development aircraft used a fixed undercarriage, but Aceair was planning to offer a version with retractable landing gear.
It was to be powered by a Diamond Engines GIAE-110R twin rotor Wankel engine of 105 hp.
Aceair ceased operation in 2004, and with it the Aeriks 200 project was cancelled. This was largely due to Diamond Engines cancelling the manufacture of the rotary engine the 200 was based around. Some assets of the company were purchased by a pair of entrepreneurs.

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Aktiengesellschaft für Flugzeugunternehmungen

The Corporation for Aircraft Companies was an aircraft manufacturer founded in Altenrhein, in 1959 to develop the FFA P-16 jet fighter after the Swiss government cancelled its initial order.
The P-16 was a prototype ground attack jet fighter designed and produced by (FFA). It was Switzerland's second attempt to develop a domestically designed and manufactured jet fighter, following on from the EFW N-20.

In 1952, two prototypes were ordered from FFA. On 25 April 1955, the first performed its maiden flight. On 15 August 1956, the second prototype exceeded the sound barrier for the first time. The flight test programme showed the P-16 to be capable of achieving good performance, and a production contract for 100 aircraft was issued by the Swiss Government.
Following a pre-production aircraft's crash, the Swiss order was cancelled and replaced by orders for the Hawker Hunter. This cancellation had come before any production P-16s had been completed. While the company continued the program independently for a time, completing a further two aircraft, no buyers could be found for the type. The P-16 was never introduced into service by any operator, and only a single example of the type remains, it is on display at the Swiss Air Force Museum at the Dübendorf Air Base.

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Aviafiber Canard 2FL

The Aviafiber Canard 2FL was a one-person recreational aircraft with an unusual design.

Described as a rigid-wing hang-glider or as a foot-launched sailplane, the Canard 2FL was a product of Swiss aerodynamicist Hans Farner. Of fibreglass construction, it had a small fuselage, just big enough to accommodate the pilot in a prone position, provided with doors in the bottom through which the pilot's legs could extend for takeoff and landing. A large canard was fitted at the nose, and the main lifting surfaces were supported on tall, V-shaped pylons which both generated lift and acted as vertical fins.

The later Canard Aviation Canard SC, the production version,progress was assisted by the use of a 20 hp König SC 430 3-cyl. two-stroke radial engine mounted on a pylon between the V-struts and main-plane, driving a folding propeller. Flight testing with the engine running encouraged Farner to design a dedicated motor-glider version as the Canard Aviation Canard SCM, powered by a 20–24 hp engine.
Hans Farner, was killed flying one of the aircraft, prompting business partners to withdraw the Canard 2FL, Canard SC and Canard SCM from sale.

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Berger BX-50

The Berger BX-50 was an experimental helicopter developed by Swiss inventor Hans Berger in 1961.
It was a single-seat design with a bubble canopy, a two-blade rotor, and skid undercarriage. The upper portion of the canopy could slide forward to admit the pilot.
It first flew in March 1961 and after a number of test flights, the rotor was replaced with a semi-rigid three-blade design and tricycle, wheeled undercarriage.
It was powered by a 85hp Continental C90 engine. The aircraft was badly damaged after further test flights, and the project was abandoned.

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Berger BX-110

The Berger BX-110 was a prototype light helicopter from the early 1970s.
The single example (HB-YAK) was built by Hans Berger and was powered by a Wankel automotive engine. It had a conventional helicopter configuration, with pilot and passenger sitting side by side under a large perspex bubble canopy, with the tail rotor carried on a tubular boom. The powerplant and fuel tanks were located behind the cabin, and the three-bladed main rotor had foldable blades. Landing gear was originally of skid type.

It was powered by a converted NSU Ro 80 Wankel-type auto engine, but later a BMW 6012 turbine was used, and later still another adapted auto Wankel engine, this time from a Mazda RX-7 which produced 115hp. At the time of the latter conversion, the undercarriage was changed to tricycle configuration.

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FFA AS 202 Bravo

The Bravo is a durable all-metal low-wing monoplane with a full vision canopy and a fixed tricycle landing gear.

The AS/SA 202 Bravo is a two/three-seat civil light aircraft designed jointly and manufactured by the Swiss company Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein (FFA) and the Italian`s Savoia-Marchetti. The aircraft was designated the AS 202 in Switzerland, and the SA 202 in Italy.
Marchetti manufactured the wings, undercarriage and engine mountings, while FFA produced the fuselage, tail and controls, while both companies had assembly plants manufacturing the complete aircraft.

The first Swiss version flew on 9 March 1969, the first Italian aircraft following on 8 May. In a production run that lasted from 1969 until 1991, some 214 aircraft were completed.
The most popular version was the AS/SA 202/18A which was fully aerobatic, and powered by 180HP Lycoming AEIO-360-B1F engine, constant speed propeller, inc a third seat to the rear of the cockpit.

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Uetz Pelikan

The Uetz Pelikan is a Swiss four-seat cabin monoplane designed as a home build by Walter Uetz.

The Pelikan is a development of the earlier Uetz U2V which in turn had been based on the Jodel D.119, but had a revised wing design. The prototype U3M Pelikan had four-seat cabin with a long canopy. The fixed tail-wheel landing gear U3M is powered by a 135 hp Lycoming O-290 engine, and the prototype first flew 21 May 1963, it was followed by a further prototype.

The production version was named the U4M which was also re-engined with a 150 hp Lycoming O-320-A2B engine and the addition of flaps. The company built two aircraft and one other was amateur-built. Max speed was 136 mph, with an economy cruise speed of 120mph.

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Sweden is next.....

ASJA L2

The ASJA L2 was a light biplane trainer aircraft built for the Swedish Air Force in the early 1930s.

The ASJA L2 was designated Ö 9 in service. It`s fuselage was fabric-covered, and a welded steel tube construction which accommodated the pilot and instructor in tandem open cockpits. The wings were fabric-covered wood, and were of staggered, single bay layout.It was powered by a 330hp Wright R-975 radial engine, which permitted a max speed of 110mph.
Only two examples were built, one with wheels, the other with floats. The landplane served until written off in a crash in 1937 and the floatplane until made obsolete in 1940.

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ASJA Viking II

The ASJA Viking II was a four-seat light aircraft from the early 1930s.
It was a development of the smaller Viking, a high-wing braced cabin monoplane of taildragger configuration. It was available with either wheeled or float undercarriage.
it was powered by a 200hp de Havilland Gipsy Six inline engine, and could carry one pilot and up to 3 passengers.

This was the last independent design by ASJA, the company was directed to share its knowledge with other Swedish ventures, such as Svenska Aeroplan AB.
During 1936, the Swedish Riksdag had determined a total of 257 combat, along with 80 trainer aircraft should be in service by 1943 for the Swedish Air Force. The sizable order on offer drew attention from ASJA and rival aircraft manufacturers as well. ASJA entered talks with Bofors to create a common company for aircraft design and manufacture. In January 1937, they agreed to share the stock between them 50–50. On 31 March 1937, the two companies formed AB Förenade Flygverkstäder (AFF). This new entity was intended to undertake the development and design of new aircraft required by the SAF.

Some within ASJA were keen to continue independently developing their own aircraft designs. During 1938, a new army and marine reconnaissance aircraft would be needed; ASJA decided to submit their proposal directly, rather than through AFF. This was fatal to AFF, leading to its winding up during early 1939. Following a complex series of acquisitions, mergers, name changes, ASJA was then integrated into a reformed Svenska Aeroplan AB (known as Saab).

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Malmö MFI-9 Junior

The Malmö Flygindustri MFI-9 Junior was a light aircraft from Sweden in the 1960s. It was also produced under licence as the Bölkow Bo 208.

It was an upgraded version of the earlier BA-7 which was a prototype. It went into production as the MFI-9 Junior. Changes included a larger cockpit with an uprated engine,a Continental O-200-A flat-four-cylinder air-cooled piston engine giving 100 HP. In 1963 it was followed by the MFI-9B Trainer and then the MFI-9B Mili-Trainer. All versions had a tricycle undercarriage.
Between 1963 and 1971, 210 Bölkow Bo 208s were built under licence by Bölkow Apparatebau GmbH, Germany.

A number of MFI-9Bs had been built for the Swedish Air Force, but when the sale fell through, the aircraft became available at a reduced price. In May 1969, Carl Gustaf von Rosen formed a mercenary squadron of five MiniCOINs to fight in the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) on the side of the Biafrans, the aircraft were known as the Biafra Babies.
Pilots included RCAF Lynn Garrison among a group of mercenaries and Biafran-born pilots. Garrison co-ordinated the attacks, personally destroying an Ilyushin Il-28 and a MiG-17 during the first raid on Port Harcourt.18 aircraft were eventually supplied.