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theorized that the swiftness of one of Bider's manoeuvres probably resulted in his loss of consciousness. However, this conclusion has been questioned because it was not published until decades after Bider's death and to the leadership of the Swiss Army "a military pilot and aviator does not take his life!" (
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was the greatest obstacle for this flight and for over half an hour Bider struggled desperately before he finally reached the required altitude of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) resulting in a new Swiss record. At 6:10 a.m. he passed the top of
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In the early morning of 7 July 1919, Bider left the officers' mess at DĂĽbendorf airfield. He had spent the previous few days celebrating the completion of his service in the Swiss Air Force, which had ended on 2 July. But before starting the commercial tourist flights, he wanted to put on an
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On 21 June 1919 Bider accomplished another great aviation performance in benefit of the civil aviation: he started with two passengers in St. Jakob, Basel, for a flight around
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lost a wheel while taking off to fly from Bern to Biel/Bienne on 3 June 1913. Bider witnessed the incident and took off with the wheel to catch up with Taddéoli and warn him of the danger. Taddéoli acknowledged and landed without a problem in Biel/Bienne.
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fighter for the demonstration. However, during a manoeuvre his plane entered an unrecoverable stall causing it to crash into the ground killing Bider instantly.
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in 1915 to live near her famous brother), she shot herself that afternoon in her room at the Hotel
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aerobatic display for his former military colleagues. So after a sleepless night at 6.30am he took off in a
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