- 1935 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1932
yp2=1933
yp3=1934
year=1935
ya1=1936
ya2=1937
ya3=1938
dp3=1900s
dp2=1910s
dp1=1920s
d=1930s
dn1=1940s
dn2=1950s
dn3=1960sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1935 :Events
January
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January 11 -12 –Amelia Earhart makes the first solo flight across part of the Pacific fromHonolulu, Hawaii toOakland, California .
*January 15 - Maj James Doolittle establishes a record for a transport flight across theUnited States , fromLos Angeles toNewark, New Jersey in 11 hours 59 minutes.February
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February 3 -Hugo Junkers dies
*February 12 - USS "Macon"airship sinks offPoint Sur, California .
*February 22 -Leland Andrews breaks Doolittle's January record, completing a transcontinental transport flight in 11 hours 34 minutes.March
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March 9 - the Nazi Government inGermany announces the formation of theLuftwaffe , in defiance of theTreaty of Versailles
*March 28 - Robert Goddard launches the world's first successfulliquid-fuelled rocket .April
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April 1 -Swissair begins services betweenZürich andLondon
*April 13 -Qantas andImperial Airways provide regular connecting flights betweenBrisbane ,Australia , and London
*April 16 -17 - APan Am Sikorsky S-42 makes the first airline flight from the continental US toHawaii .May
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May 18 - theTupolev ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" crashes nearTushino after a mid-air collision. Fifty-six people are killed, making it the worst air crash at this time.June
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June 24 - OneFord Trimotor of "Servicio Aéreo Colombiano" (SACO ) crashed with another Ford Trimotor of "Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo" (SCADTA ) inMedellín ,Colombia . Fifteen people were killed including the world famous tango singerCarlos Gardel .July
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July 1 -The Flying Keys set endurance record by flying aCurtiss Robin non-stop for 653 hours, 34 minutesAugust
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August 5 -Wiley Post , the first pilot to fly solo around the world, and his passengerWill Rogers are killed in a crash inAlaska .October
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October 1 - The first company to bear the nameBritish Airways is formed, by themerger ofHillman Airways ,Spartan Air Lines andUnited Airways .November
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November 8 - SirCharles Kingsford Smith and his copilot Tommy Pethybridge in the "Lady Southern Cross " disappear over theAndaman Sea , never to be seen again.
*November 11 - A. W. Stevens and O. A. Anderson set a new balloon altitude record of 72,395 ft (22,066 m).
* November 11-13 -Jean Batten becomes the first woman to fly solo across the South Atlantic, taking 2 days 13 hours to cross fromSenegal toBrazil in aPercival Gull . She also breaks the speed record for this crossing, by a full day.
*November 22 - Pan Am commences the first trans-Pacificairmail service, flying aMartin M-130 fromSan Francisco toManila , viaHonolulu ,Midway Island ,Wake Island , andGuam .December
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December 27 - theUSAAC uses aerial bombardment to divert a flow oflava fromMauna Loa ,Hawaii that is threateningHilo 's waterworks.First flights
February
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February 24 -Heinkel He 111 March
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March 24 -Avro Anson military prototype "K 4771"April
* Douglas DB-1, prototype of the
B-18 Bolo
*April 1 - The NA-16 prototype of the T-6 Texan/Harvard
*April 12 - "Bristol Britain First", prototype of theBristol Blenheim May
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May 19 - Consolidated XPBY-1 later named Catalina
*May 28 -Messerschmitt Bf 109
*May 31 -Fairchild Model 45 June
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June 19 -Vickers Wellesley
*June 23 -Bristol Bombay July
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July 11 - Yakovlev AIR-19, prototype of theYakovlev UT-2
*July 17 - Boeing model 299, prototype of theB-17 Flying Fortress
*July 27 -Miles Falcon Six August
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August 8 - Morane-Saulnier MS.405
*August 12 -De Havilland Dragonfly eptember
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September 17 -Junkers Ju 87 November
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November 6 -Hawker Hurricane "K5083"December
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December 17 - Douglas DST, prototype of theDouglas DC-3
*December 18 -Miles Nighthawk Entered service
November
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Hawker Hind
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