1936 In Aviation

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This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1936 :

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 52 s 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).

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 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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