1949 In Aviation

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This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1949 :

EVENTS

Aerolíneas Argentinas established.

Royal Jordanian Air Force forms as the Arab League Air Force

Republic Of Korea Air Force forms

Lebanese Air Force forms

January

January 7 - No. 208 Squadron RAF loses four Supermarine Spitfire s and a Hawker Tempest to Israeli Air Force fighters

February

February 26 - March 2 - B-50 Superfortress ''Lucky Lady II'' of the 43rd Bombardment Group , completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight from and to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base , Tucson , Arizona . The 23,452 mile (37,742 km) journey takes 94 hours 1 minute.

April

April 4 - '' NATO is formed''

April 20 - 21 - a Short Sunderland flies medical personnel and supplies to HMS ''Amethyst'' , shelled by Chinese Communist forces on the Yangtze River .

May

the United States Marine Corps practices deploying by helicopter for the first time, in Exercise Packard III.

May 4 - The Canadian Blue Devils Aerobatic team is formed.

May 11 - No. 28 Squadron RAF flies from Malaya to Hong Kong to help reinforce the island against Communist forces on mainland China.

May 19 - a JRM Mars sets a new record of 308 for the largest number of people to be carried on a single aircraft.

May 21 - a Sikorsky S-52 sets a new helicopter altitude record of 21,200 ft (6,468 m).

July

July 25 - Second Lieutenant Bob Kipp of the Canadian Blue Devils Aerobatic team is killed in a training accident.

August

August 9 - US Navy Lt. J. L. Fruin loses control of his F2H-1 Banshee and ejects, becoming the first American pilot to use an Ejector Seat during an actual in-flight emergency.

August 23 - BOAC commences its first services to the Far East to be flown entirely by landplanes.

September

September 9 – Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 exploded in mid-flight en route from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau as the result of an on board bomb, killing all 23 on board. See Albert Guay Affair .

September 30 - the Berlin Airlift officially ends, with 2,325 tons (2,362 tonnes) of food and supplies having been flown into the city. The final flight is made a week later.

October

October 27 – Air France Lockheed Constellation crashed in the Azores – 48 died including French boxing star Marcel Cerdan and the young concert violinist, Ginette Neveu .

November

November 1 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 , a Douglas C-54B-10-DO , en route from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C. collided with a P-38 fighter on its final approach to National Airport . Both planes crashed, killing all 55 people on board the Douglas. The P-38 pilot, Eric Rios Bridaux, survived. Bridaux was a Bolivia n Air Force pilot. Among the dead were Congressman George J. Bates and former Congressman Michael J. Kennedy .

November 18 - a Douglas C-74 Loadmaster carries 103 passengers and crew over the North Atlantic, the largest number to have made the crossing in a single flight.

November 29 - American Airlines Flight 157 , a Douglas DC-6 enroute from New York City to Mexico City , veers off the runway and strikes buildings after an engine failure on final approach to Dallas Love Field . 26 passengers and 2 crew members are killed.

December

December 8 - Muroc Army Airfield was renamed Edwards Air Force Base in honor of Test Pilot Glen Edwards

FIRST FLIGHTS

January

January 23 - Dassault Ouragan

March

March 9 - Avro Shackleton prototype ''VW126''

April

April 14 - Aero Ae 50

April 14 - Helio Courier

April 21 - Leduc 0.10

May

May 13 - English Electric Canberra prototype ''VN799''

June

June 4 - Lockheed XF-90

June 20 - Blackburn Beverley

July

July 17 - Vickers Varsity

July 27 - De Havilland Comet

September

September 2 - De Havilland Venom

September 4 - Avro 707 ''VX784''

September 4 - Bristol Brabazon

September 19 - Fairey Gannet prototype ''VR546''

September 24 - North American XT-28

November

November 7 - Sikorsky S-55

November 27 - C-124 Globemaster II

ENTERED SERVICE

April

April 1 - Boeing Stratocruiser with Pan Am

May

F9F Panther with United States Navy VF-51

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