1936 in aviation
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This is a list of
aviation
-related events from
1936
:
Contents
1
Events
1.1
February
1.2
March
1.3
April
1.4
May
1.5
July
1.6
September
1.7
October
1.8
December
2
First flights
2.1
January
2.2
February
2.3
March
2.4
May
2.5
June
2.6
July
2.7
October
2.8
December
3
Entered service
3.1
January
3.2
March
3.3
July
3.4
November
4
References
Events
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
March
March 23
- Imperial Airways begins scheduled flights between
Hong Kong
and
Malaysia
.
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
February
February 14
-
Hawker Hector
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
May
May 12
-
Messerschmitt Bf 110
May 14
-
Miles Whitney Straight
May 27
-
Fairey Seafox
June
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
July
July 3
-
Short Empire
prototype
RMA Canopus
October
October 28
-
Dornier Do 19
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
March
Avro Anson
with
No. 48 Squadron RAF
July
Fairey Swordfish
with
No. 825 Squadron FAA
November
Fairey Hendon
with
No. 38 Squadron RAF
References
Fagan, Dave. 'Hamble'
Aviation in Hampshire UK 1900 to 2000
Retrieved
May 20
,
2005
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