CH-280   Comte A.C.8                                  (c/n  30)

                                  

                                     This shot came from a post card I acquired from an antique shop in Basel many years ago.
                                     Alfred Comte was a Swiss aircraft manufacturer in the 1923 to 1935 era.  It built about 40
                                     aircraft in all, (plus eight Fokker D.VIIIs under license). The most numerous of these were
                                     the A.C.4 "Gentleman" and the A.C.8.  This example was operated by Aviatek Beider
                                     Basel .  I am not sure if this is the same company which later produced flight simulators,
                                     but possibly.   First registered in June of 1930, it became HB-ABU when the Swiss civil
                                     aircraft registrations were changed.  (See shot below).  This ancient design languished
                                     until after WW II and was not not stricken off the register until May of 1956.