Category:ETH-BIB Mittelholzer-Kilimanjaro flight 1929-1930

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English: The Kilimanjaro flight, December 15, 1929-February 28, 1930. Walter Mittelholzer, tour operator.

The Kilimanjaro flight was initiated and financed by the banker Baron Louis von Rothschild, who wanted to undertake a hunting expedition in the most game-rich area on earth, the Serengeti steppe. Mittelholzer dedicates the book Kilimanjaro Flight to the sponsor: “Baron Louis von Rothschild, who made it possible for me to fly over Kilimanjaro for the first time through his hunting flight.”

To plan the expedition, Mittelholzer called in the British hunter George Wood, who had been working in Africa for years. After the entry permit had been received from the Italian, French, English and Egyptian authorities and the stopover points with oil and petrol supplies had been organized, we could get started. The aircraft chosen, a Fokker F-VIIb named Switzerland III, had been in service with the Swiss airline Ad Astra Aero in Zurich since the spring of 1929. Mittelholzer started on December 15, 1929 together with Alfred Künzle from Dübendorf and flew via Catania, Benghasi, Cairo, Khartoum and Mongalla to Nairobi. From there and a camp that had been specially set up by an English company 240 kilometers southwest of Nairobi, the hunting party undertook fourteen excursion flights, including to Mount Kenya (first flight over), the Serengeti and Kilimanjaro with its highest peak Kibo (first flight over). Hunting trips were also undertaken by car.

Countries crossed :

  • Switzerland
    • Dübendorf : 15 december 1929
    • Alps : 15 december 1929
  • Italia :
    • Lago Albano, 15 December 1929
    • Casciana Terme Lari, 15 December 1929
    • Lazio, 15 December 1929
    • Apennin and Carrara, 15 December 1929
    • Roma, 15 December 1929
    • Etna, 16 December 1929
    • Catania
  • Malta : Valletta, 17 December 1929
  • Lybia : Benghasi
  • Egypt : Cairo
  • Sudan : Khartoum
  • South Sudan : Mongalla
  • Keny :
    • Nairobi
    • Mount Kenya (first flight over)
  • Tanzania
    • Arusha, 25 January 1930
    • Serengeti
    • Kilimanjaro
      • peak Kibo (first flight over)

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