Walter Mittelholzer
It turns out that Walter Mittelholzer was a far ancestor of mine. I find his journals and photography very interesting so wanted to translate some articles into English. I don't own the original articles and they are referenced in their German version if you would prefer this. I will add new sources as I translate them so please subscribe if you are interested to hear more of this aviation pioneer. http://www.seaplanes.ch/up/ckeditor/files/spas_2005.pdf Walter Mittelholzer started in Zurich and took his adventurous flights to Africa and the North Pole. His flights are internationally reported as the first flights over the Oceans. People were particularly interested at that time in aviation and so it is not surprising that newspapers give testimonials from his small excursions on their front-pages. front-pages. His aircraft manufacturing company, founded in 1919 on Lake Zurich by Alfred Comte Walter Mitterlholzer, known as Mittelholzerstrasse Co. It was a...
