Centre of Competence in Aerospace History

ALR has established since 1975 a unique Library and Data Base Documentation for civil and military aircraft, regularly used in ALR projects and studies as well as for publications.

Main Activities

• Collection and registration of historical and actual data on military and civil aircraft, engines, engineering and technology, main emphasis since WWII
• Analysis and use of aircraft and engine characteristics and data for overall aircraft and system assessments
• Support with data of Aircraft evaluation and comparison for interested users
• Presentations and compilation of reports on historical aerospace developments
• Support of cooperation and networking with other historical aerospace centres

Contact

ALR
Dipl. Ing. ETH Heinz Bart
Gotthardstrasse 52
8002 Zürich

Phone: +41 (0)44 202 93 88
Email: bart.heinz@bluewin.ch

Reference Projects

Support of the digital reconstruction of the FFA P-16 in cooperation with ETH, Leica Geosystems and the aviation museum airforcecenter.
Download case study (English)

Aircraft performance assessment with APP (early jets like Me-262, Me-163, FFA P-16, F+E N-20, Hunter, Vampire, Caravelle, 747-100, MD-11

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• Georges Bridel, Schweizerische Strahlflugzeuge und Strahltriebwerke, Verlag Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, Luzern, 1975, ISBN 3-85954-902-2
• Schweizer Pioniere der Wirtschaft und Technik, Bd 67: Schweizer Wegbereiter des Luftverkehrs (Real, Isler, Amstutz, Berchtold, Ackeret), 1998 ISBN 3-909059-15-5
• 10 Jahre Schweizerische Strahlflugzeuge und Strahltriebwerke 1948 - 1958 oder "Die verpassten Gelegenheiten", Präsentation 2001. Link
• 100 Jahre Motorflug: Pioniere der Schweizer Luftfahrt - Wissenschafter, Techniker, Erforscher, Unternehmer, Vortrag Verkehrshaus der Schweiz und Schweizerische Vereinigung für Flugwissenschaften, 2003
• Schweizer Pioniere der Wirtschaft und Technik, Bd. 84: 5 Pioniere des Flugzeugbaus, (Schneider, Haefeli, Fierz, Studer, Branger), 2008, ISBN 978-909059-38-6