EKW C-35
Role Reconnaissance and ground-attack aircraft
Manufacturer K+W
First flight 1930s
Introduction 1936
Retired 1954
Primary user Swiss Air Force
Number built 90[1][2]

The EKW C-35 was a 1930s Swiss two-seat reconnaissance biplane aircraft built by the Swiss Federal Construction Works (Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette, K+W), Thun.

Development

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Two aircraft were designed by the Eidgenössische Konstruktions Werkstätte to replace the Fokker C.Ve which the Swiss Air Force were using. The two projects were the EKW C-35 biplane and the EKW C-36 monoplane. After evaluation the air force ordered 40 C-35s in 1936. Additional aircraft were built from spares. The C-35 was a two-seat biplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and conventional tail unit. The aircraft was powered by a Hispano-Suiza HS-77 V-12 piston engine (licence-built Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs).

Operational history

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The first aircraft was delivered to the Swiss Air Force in May 1937, and all had been delivered by the end of 1938. To supplement the aircraft in-service a further eight aircraft were built between 1941 and 1942 from spares. The aircraft were removed from front-line service in 1943 when replaced by the F&W C-3603 and transferred to night-flying units. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in 1954.

Operators

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  Switzerland

Specifications (C-35)

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Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1593

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to EKW C-35.
  1. ^ "Ausgemusterte Mittel der Schweizer Luftwaffe - C-35". Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  2. ^ "World Air Forces Switzerland Air Force". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

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