1936 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1936:
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[edit] Events
[edit] February
- British Marine Aircraft Ltd. was established at Hamble, Hampshire to produce Sikorsky S-42-A flying boats under licence in the United Kingdom but nothing came of this. The company subsequently became Folland Aircraft Limited.
- February 13 - Imperial Airways commences airmail services to West Africa
[edit] March
[edit] April
- Aer Lingus - Ireland's national airline founded.
[edit] May
- May 4-7 - Amy Johnson sets a new England-South Africa speed record of 3 days 6 hours 26 minutes in a Percival Gull Six.
[edit] July
- July 14 - The British Royal Air Force is re-organised on functional grounds and Fighter Command, Bomber Command, Coastal Command and Training Command are established.
- July 20 - Twenty Junkers Ju 52s ferry Spanish Nationalist troops from Morocco to Spain in the world's first major military airlift.
[edit] September
- September 4-5 - Beryl Markham makes the first east-to-west solo crossing of the Atlantic by a woman in a Percival Vega Gull, from Abingdon, Berkshire to Cape Breton Island
[edit] First flights
[edit] January
[edit] February
[edit] March
- March 4 - German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg
- March 5 - Supermarine Spitfire
- March 10 - Fairey Battle prototype K 4303
- March 17 - Armstrong Whitworth Whitley prototype K 4586
[edit] May
[edit] June
- PZL-37 Los
- June 15 - Vickers Wellington prototype K 4049
- June 15 - Westland Lysander prototype K 6127
- June 21 - Handley Page Hampden prototype K 4240
- June 25 - Bristol Blenheim prototype K 7033
- June 26 - Focke-Wulf Fw 61 D-EBVU, first fully-controllable helicopter
[edit] July
- July 3 - Short Empire prototype RMA Canopus
[edit] October
[edit] December
- December 21 - Junkers Ju 88 prototype D-AQEN
- December 22 - North American XB-21 s/n 38-485
[edit] Entered service
[edit] January
- Hawker Hind with the Royal Air Force
[edit] March
- Avro Anson with No. 48 Squadron RAF
[edit] July
- Fairey Swordfish with No. 825 Squadron FAA
[edit] November
[edit] References
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