Walter Mittelholzer arriving in Addis Ababa to deliver Air crafts for Emperor Haile Selassie 1934

The photographer, aviation pioneer and Swissair co-founder Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937) and his crew flew over the Alps - Athens - Jerusalem - Tel Aviv - Cairo - Aswan from 2 to 23 February 1934 with an excursion to Petra to Addis Ababa. Mittelholzer flew 7'118 km in 46.28h flying hours. The aim of the Abyssinia flight was to transport the aircraft to the court of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie. Mittelholzer thus delivered the 3-engine Fokker (CH 192) by flight to the government to Ethiopia. In addition to documenting the outward flight with many aerial photographs, Mittelholzer photographed the Emperor Haile Selassie, the court and the military, and visited various tribes in southern Ethiopia.

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