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* [[March 23]] - Imperial Airways begins scheduled flights between [[Hong Kong]] and [[Malaysia]]. |
* [[March 23]] - Imperial Airways begins scheduled flights between [[Hong Kong]] and [[Malaysia]]. |
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* [[March 28]] - [[NACA]] begins operational use of newly-constructed 8-foot high speed tunnel (8-Foot HST) at the [[Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory]], [[Langley, Virginia]]. |
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Revision as of 18:22, 11 January 2009
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1936:
Events
January
- January 10 - Civil transport version of the Heinkel 111 bomber revealed in public for the first time at Berlin Tempelhof airport. Named Dresden, the He 111 V4 carried registration D-AHAO.
- January 13-January 14 - Howard Hughes makes record-breaking sprint across the country from Burbank, California to Newark, New Jersey in 9 hours, 26 minutes, 10 seconds at average speed of 259 mph. He utilizes a Northrop Gamma specially fitted with a 1,000 h.p. Wright SR-1820-G2 radial engine.
- January 17 - The USAAC orders 13 Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortresses, previously known by the manufacturer's designation, Model 299.
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.Template:Inote
- February 13 - Imperial Airways commences airmail services to West Africa
March
- March 23 - Imperial Airways begins scheduled flights between Hong Kong and Malaysia.
- March 28 - NACA begins operational use of newly-constructed 8-foot high speed tunnel (8-Foot HST) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley, Virginia.
April
- Aer Lingus - Ireland's national airline founded.
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.
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.
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
- 11 September - TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls set a payload-to-altitude record: 5000 kg (11,023 lb) to 8116 m (26,627 ft).
- 16 September - TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls set a payload-to-altitude record: 10000 kg (22,046 lb) to 6605 m (21,670 ft).
- 20 September - TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls set a payload-to-altitude record: 12000 kg (26,455 lb) to 2700 m (8,858 ft).
October
- 28 October - TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls set a payload-to-altitude record: 5000 kg (11,023 lb) to 8980 m (29,462 ft).
December
- December 21 - Eddie August Schneider, Bert Acosta, and Frederic Ives Lord, as the Yankee Squadron, travel by ship to fight in the Spanish Civil War with the Loyalists.
First flights
January
- January 4 - Vought XSB2U-1 BuNo 9725
February
March
- March 4 - German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg
- March 5 - Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054
- March 10 - Fairey Battle prototype K4303
- March 17 - Armstrong Whitworth Whitley prototype K4586
May
June
- June 15 - Vickers Wellington prototype K4049
- June 15 - Westland Lysander prototype K6127
- June 21 - Handley Page Hampden prototype K4240
- June 25 - Bristol Blenheim prototype K7033
- June 26 - Focke-Wulf Fw 61 D-EBVU, first fully-controllable helicopter
July
- July 3 - Short Empire prototype RMA Canopus
October
December
- December 13 - PZL.37 Łoś
- December 21 - Junkers Ju 88 V1 prototype D-AQEN
- December 22 - North American XB-21 s/n 38-485
Entered service
January
- Hawker Hind with the Royal Air Force