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October 1

• 1971 - Aurigny Air Services commences operations

• 1964 - Derby Airways changes its name to British Midland Airways

• 1950 - the Royal Danish Air Force is re-established

• 1947 - Los Angeles Airways begins the first scheduled carriage of airmail by helicopter

• 1947 - George Welch allegedly breaks the sound barrier during a dive in his XP-86 Sabre

• 1935 - The first company to bear the name British Airways is formed, by the merger of Hillman Airways, Spartan Air Lines and United Airways.

• 1931 - KLM begins a regular service between Amsterdam and Batavia by Fokker F.XII. At 13,744 km (8,540 miles) this is the longest regular air route in the world at the time.