1934-1936

The Clark G.A. 43 is a high-performance, single-engined monoplane built by the American General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation. The G.A. 43 accommodates ten passengers and has five separate metal fire-proof compartments in wings and fuselage for mail, freight and baggage. It was thus the first all-metal aircraft in the Swissair fleet. It also had a retractable undercarriage in which the wheels swing backwards into special streamline casings below the wings.

CH-169 / HB-LAM	General Aviation / Clark G.A. 43 # 2202	07.04.1934 28.10.1936	Bought new from General Aviation for CHF 148'000. Sold to republicans in the spanish civil war in 1936. Whereabouts thereafter unknown.
HB-ITU	General Aviation / Clark G.A. 43 #2204	19.03.1935 30.04.1936	Bought new from General Aviation for CHF 148'000. crashed into Mount Rigi on 30.04.1936 with two fatalities, on a Frankfurt to Basle flight.

technical view

• Short Description of the GA-43
• The GA43 in the spanish civil war (spanish)

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