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Editor's note: As BCA packs for EBACE to report for ShowNews and exhibit at booth X106, we look at the aeronautical history of EBACE host country Switzerland. From legendary STOL aircraft linking remote communities to a round-the-world quest in a flying machine powered on nothing but the sun’s rays...
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