- 1930 in aviation
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ya2=1932
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dn3=1960sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1930 :Events
* The Surrey Aero Club inaugurates recreational flights from Gatwick Race Course (now
London Gatwick Airport ).
* The German airshipLZ 127 Graf Zeppelin makes its first crossing of the South Atlantic.January
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January 25 -American Airways is formedMarch
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March 21 - the Chilean army and navy combine their air arms into a separate, independent command.May
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May 5 -24 -Amy Johnson flies fromCroydon ,England , to Darwin,Australia in ade Havilland Gipsy Moth
*May 15 -Ellen Church becomes the world's firstflight attendant , working forBoeing Air Transport June
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June 4 - LtApollo Soucek sets a new seaplane altitude record of 43,166 ft (13,157 m) in aF3W Apache July
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July 16 -August 8 - the second International Tourist Aircraft Contest "Challenge 1930 " inBerlin , won by the German crew ofFritz Morzik on theBFW M.23 plane.
*July 19 - Death ofFrank Goldsborough in a crash inVermont .
*July 20 -August 1 - 7,560 km race over Europe of the "Challenge 1930 " contest.
*July 29 - British airship R.100 makes a test flight toMontreal and back.August
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August 8 - end of the "Challenge 1930 " contest, won byFritz Morzik .
*August 23 -Ford National Reliability Air Tour starts in Chicago.
*August 25 -Eddie August Schneider sets the junior transcontinental air speed record. He flew fromWestfield, New Jersey eptember
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September 3 -Ford National Reliability Air Tour finishes in Chicago. Harry Russell takes first place, andEddie August Schneider finishes in eight place, but wins the Great Lakes Trophy.October
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October 5 -British airship R.101 crashes inFrance while en route toIndia . Forty-seven people are killed.
*October 25 -TWA (originally "Transcontinental and Western Air") begins the first regular passenger flights betweenNew York andLos Angeles .First flights
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RWD-4 (spring)April
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RWD-3
*April 29 -Polikarpov I-5 May
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May 6 -Boeing Monomail
*May 16 -Blériot 110 June
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June 12 -Handley Page Heyford July
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July 18 -Blackburn Sydney eptember
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September 12 -Taylor E-2
*September 24 - Short RangoonOctober
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October 5 -Junkers Ju 52
*PZL P.7 November
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November 14 -Handley Page HP.42
*November 18 -Boeing XP-9
*November 25 -Fairey Hendon December
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December 22 -Tupolev ANT-6 Entered service
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