Aeronautic Club of Switzerland

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The Club Aeronautique Suisse was founded sometime before September 1905 as a club for balloonists.

The balloonist Louis Kaeser, who had been one of the founding members of the Aero Club der Schweiz, quit that club to found the Club Aeronautique Suisse. Representing the Club Aeronautique, Kaeser (whose name was wrongly reported as Kaiser) and Otto Spite made a free balloon ascent of two hours on 3 Sept. 1905.

http://www.pionnair-ge.com/spip1/spip.php?article403 (Cailliez 27 Apr. 2009), says founded by Louis Kaeser April 1909 at Neuchatel. Perhaps this was a second club founded by Kaeser but until CKR finds another source than Cailliez for this information, she is not including.

Sources

  • www.pionnair-ge.com/spip1/spip.php?article403 (Cailliez 27 Apr 2009); No.16 L'Aeronautique 115 (1 Jan 1906)


Organization names Club Aeronautic of Switzerland : Club Aeronautique Suisse
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Country Switzerland
City Saint Imier
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Scope National
Started aero 1905 or earlier
Ended aero
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