1936 in aviation

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Years in aviation:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
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Years:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

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 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

[edit] Events

[edit] 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

[edit] March

• March 23 - Imperial Airways begins scheduled flights between Hong Kong and Malaysia.

[edit] April

• Aer Lingus - Ireland's national airline founded.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] First flights

[edit] January

• January 4 - Vought XSB2U-1

[edit] February

• February 14 - Hawker Hector

[edit] 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

[edit] May

• May 12 - Messerschmitt Bf 110
• May 14 - Miles Whitney Straight
• May 27 - Fairey Seafox

[edit] June

• PZL.37 Łoś
• 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

[edit] July

• July 3 - Short Empire prototype RMA Canopus

[edit] October

• October 28 - Dornier Do 19

[edit] December

• December 21 - Junkers Ju 88 prototype D-AQEN
• December 22 - North American XB-21 s/n 38-485

[edit] Entered service

[edit] January

• Hawker Hind with the Royal Air Force

[edit] March

• Avro Anson with No. 48 Squadron RAF

[edit] July

• Fairey Swordfish with No. 825 Squadron FAA

[edit] November

• Fairey Hendon with No. 38 Squadron RAF

[edit] References

• Fagan, Dave. 'Hamble' Aviation in Hampshire UK 1900 to 2000 Retrieved May 20, 2005