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Swissair Archives
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Author : Swissair Schweizerische Luftverkehr-Aktiengesellschaft (Zürich)
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Swissair Archives written by Swissair Schweizerische Luftverkehr-Aktiengesellschaft (Zürich) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Comprend 369 photographies d'archives officielles.
Swissair Souvenirs
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Author : Ruedi Weidmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Swissair Souvenirs written by Ruedi Weidmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Airlines categories.
Als die Swissair 1931 gegründet wurde hob der helvetische Nationalstolz ab. Die Fluggesellschaft mit dem weissen Kreuz auf rotem Grund wurde nach dem Grounding von 2001 endgültig zum Mythos. Während der siebzig Jahre ihres Bestehens verwandte sie viel Sorgfalt darauf, Menschen und Maschinen, den Betrieb an Bord und am Boden sowie die Sicht aus dem Flugzeug zu dokumentieren. Die Fotografen der Swissair bzw. ihrer Vorgängerfirmen rückten den Alltag der Fluglinie ins Bild - Flotte und Flugplätze, Piloten und Stewardessen, die Alpen und ferne Destinationen, Passagiere, Verpflegung, Werkstätten und Technik. 'Swissair Souvenirs' präsentiert die schönsten Fotografien aus diesem Bestand des Bildarchivs der ETH-Bibliothek mit einem Text des Historikers Ruedi Weidmann zur Geschichte der Fotografie bei der Swissair. Die für Werbung und Pressearbeit erstellten Fotografien prägten das Bild der Swissair als Inbegriff der Eleganz des Fliegens entscheidend mit. 'Swissair Souvenirs' ist die reich illustrierte Hommage an den Mythos Swissair.
Swissair Aerial Photographs
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Author : Ruedi Weidmann
language : en
Publisher: Scheidegger and Spiess
Release Date : 2014
Swissair Aerial Photographs written by Ruedi Weidmann and has been published by Scheidegger and Spiess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Aerial photography categories.
Aerial photography had a special place in the business of the legendary former Swiss airline, "Swissair." Walter Mittelholzer (1894 1937), aviation pioneer and one of the founders of "Swissair," first trained as a photographer before joining the Swiss army s flying corps during WW I and later turning to civil aviation because of his keen interest in aerial photography. Photography was also the more profitable part of "Ad Astra Aero," one of "Swissair s "preceding companies which continued to exist as a subsidiary of the newly formed "Swissair" under the name "Swissair Photo AG" as of 1931 until 2001, when the famous airline ceased operations. "Swissair Photo + Vermessung AG" ("Swissair Photo + Surveying, "as it was later named) was saved from liquidation in a buyout in 2001 and still operates as" BSF Swissphoto." The heritage of Walter Mittelholzer and "Swissair Photo AG" is kept at ETH Zurich s Image Archive, alongside Swissair s corporate "Swissair Photo Archive" (partly published in our book "Swissair Souvenirs"). The collection comprises around 100,000 pictures taken between 1918 and 2011. In includes mainly vertical and oblique aerial photographs of landscapes, towns and villages, and mountains, but also industrial plants, infrastructures, and individual buildings in Switzerland and abroad, from the 1960s onward in color. About 15,000 of them were taken by Walter Mittelholzer. A remarkable aspect is the vast number of views of the Swiss mountains: pure landscape photography, many of them with a horizontal or slightly oblique perspective. This was caused by personal interest of the photographers, many of them also keen mountaineers, but probably also by a high demand for such pictures for postcards and other commercial use. During the 1970s there was a notable change, when a more aesthetic view of the land became dominant that rather looked vertically at shapes and colors of the cultivated landscape than at the wilderness. Around 200 of the most beautiful, most striking, and most informative photographs were selected for the new book "Swissair Aerial Photography." They show the many changes in the landscape and in settlements over nearly a century. They also are an inventory of lost elements making a landscape, such as untamed rivers, orchards, receding glaciers and moors, shrinking agricultural areas, vanished historical buildings. And they document the growth of industrial plants and other infrastructure and urban sprawl in general. The book shows how an idyllic agricultural country has turned into one of the most densely inhabited places in the world in a matter of decades. The introductory essay looks at the history and content of the collection at the Image Archive at ETH Bibliothek, the history and a range of aspects of aerial photography in general, the changing aesthetics and use of the images and what can be read from them today, technical developments and a brief history of aerial photography in Switzerland." " Series The series "Pictorial Worlds. Photographs from the Image Archive, ETH-Bibliothek, "published in cooperation by "ETH-Bibliothek" and Scheidegger & Spiess, aims at building a bridge between analytical treatment of historical image sources and the interest in individual photographs for any possible reason. Whereas the library s online database simplifies research and enables search inquiries going beyond the mere inventory, the books are meant to present the contours of specific collections of images, to embed them in the context of their origin, and to offer an introduction to the multitude of possible historical interpretations. Each volume of the series comprises an introductory essay on the given subject and presented material. Detailed captions offer additional information on individual images. This subject-guided approach and carefully selected examples are meant to give a representative view of the sometimes extensive range of a particular collection within the Image Archive. The entire series is conceived for a general audience interested in cultural history and visual aesthetics, rather than for a specialized and scientifically interested one. "
Brace For Impact
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Author : Peter Pigott
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2016-06-18
Brace For Impact written by Peter Pigott and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-18 with Transportation categories.
Why do planes disappear or fall out of the sky? Brace for Impact traces the evolution of accident investigation and explains why flying is the safest form of travel. The history of air accidents is a harrowing one. Yet today flying is the safest mode of transportation, thanks in no small part to the work of crash detectives. Whenever a plane falls from the sky, the investigators pick through the wreckage for the clues they need to decipher what happened to that flight. Before the invention of the ‘black box’ and the evolution of forensic accident investigation, the causes often remained a mystery. Since the Wright brothers first took flight, aircraft design, pilot training, aircraft maintenance, and air traffic control have all evolved to current standards of safety. Because of lessons learned from tragedies such as what befell the Comets in the 1950s, the Douglas DC-10s in the 1970s, and ill-fated Air India, TWA, and Swissair flights, flight safety continues to improve. In many ways, the history of aviation is the history of air crash investigation.
Swissair Gazette
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Author : Swissair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
Swissair Gazette written by Swissair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Airlines categories.
Fallen Star
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Author : Günter Endres
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-03
Fallen Star written by Günter Endres and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03 with Transportation categories.
This book traces the history of the former Italian flag-carrier and those earlier airlines that were amalgamated by the state to form a single airline, events that were shaped by Italy's inter-war National Fascist Party that controlled the development of the country's air transport sector. The state's control continued after the Second World War which led to much interference and mismanagement, exacerbated by a bloated workforce, powerful unions, failed partnerships and, finally, the COVID-19 pandemic. This eventually led to the demise of Italy's icon in 2021.
The Swiss Air Power
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Author : Fiona Lombardi
language : en
Publisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG
Release Date : 2007
The Swiss Air Power written by Fiona Lombardi and has been published by vdf Hochschulverlag AG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Neutrality, Armed categories.
"Through this comprehensive inquiry, the dissertation has highlighted a series of doctrinal inadequacies since the very beginning of air power in Switzerland and some deficiencies regarding current operational capabilities, which must be rectified so as not to jeopardise homeland security in the long run." (Publisher).
Global Photographies
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Author : Sissy Helff
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2018-03-31
Global Photographies written by Sissy Helff and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-31 with History categories.
How is photography connected to global practices? This is a first edited collection to trace the relationship between history, photography and memory in a global perspective on three interrelated levels: firstly, in the artistic and cultural production of pictures, secondly, in the decoding of colonial and contemporary photography, and thirdly, in collecting photographs in picture archives dealing with colonial, anthropological and family photography. The contributions sketch the contested field of global photography and trace the manifold intertwinements between historical and contemporary photographs.
Swissair
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Author : Swissair (Zürich)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Swissair written by Swissair (Zürich) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Swissair
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Author : Theodore Gianna
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-12
Swissair written by Theodore Gianna and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12 with categories.