About Zoggavia

Zoggavia offers classic aviation media exploring the beauty, sensuality, form, and design of classic airliners of the 40s until today. The airplane is a powerful symbol that has stirred the dreams and ambitions of men and women for 100 years, and aircraft created of passion remain even more beautiful and alluring today.

Zoggavia is an exploration of the multiple and complex roles that airplanes have played in our lives and is a celebration of the classic aircraft enduring beauty. Step into the fascinating era of the airline business, when four- and two-engined pistons dominated the scenery or coexisted with their jet replacements. Or when aviation marketing focused on equipment types and colorful, complex paint schemes. 

Paul had his first flight experience with HB-AAL 'Herald of Interlaken', a Globe Air Handley Page Dart Herald, in 1965. From that moment, he has been hooked on planes, traveling, visiting airports, and photographing planes as they arrive and depart. He has been an (aviation) photographer since then - first shooting on negative films, later on, Kodachrome slide film, and digitally starting in 2005. In the meantime, his main activities are trading classic aviation media, digital media enhancement, and zoggavia.com.

For several years, Paul worked in the aviation industry. He served as a Hawker Hunter aircraft mechanic during his military service. This experience led to his civilian work with the Swiss Air Force, where he worked on aircraft such as the de Havilland Vampire, Venom, the French Dassault Mirage III, and the American Northrop F-5 Tiger.

One of the highlights of his career was working as a mechanic and flight line crew for the Patrouille Suisse aerobatic team. In a team photo from September 1979, he can be seen standing behind the No. 6.

After that, he shifted his focus but remained connected to the Hawker Hunter through the Swiss military militia system's refresher courses. He served as captain of a flight and aircraft repair/supply chain unit until 1990.