Comte AC-1
The Comte AC-1 was a single-seat fighter aircraft of the Swiss manufacturer Alfred Comte from the 1920s.
History of development
The Swiss company aircraft Alfred Comte, founded in Hargen in Zurich, the aircraft began in the early twenties with the licensed production of German constructions. Your first attempt of the company was the Comte AC-1, which was privately developed to meet a requirement of the Swiss Air Force for a single-seat fighter aircraft. The prototype first flew on April 2, 1927 was a so constructed that the French Dewoitine D.9 Similarly, strutted high-wing monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear. The basic design consisted of metal, the wings and the tail surfaces were covered with fabric, the hull but had a lightweight aluminum skin. The powerplant was a Gnome - Rhone radial engine.
The testing and evaluation for the Air Force meant that the prototype for the military bought, but no other series machines were ordered. Then the constructed Comte wing was replaced by the Dewoitine D.9 and this combination was used on November 19, 1928 to set up a Swiss altitude record.