- 1932 in aviation
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year=1932
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dn3=1960sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1932 :Events
* The Canadian
Siskins aerobatic team is retired.January
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Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier s "Hōshō" and "Kaga" sail into Chinese territorial waters at the outbreak of theShanghai Incident .
*January 20 -Imperial Airways weeklyairmail service is extended through Africa as far asCape Town .February
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February 14 -Ruth Nichols sets a new altitude record for a diesel-powered aircraft, 6,047 m (19,928 ft) in a modifiedLockheed Vega March
* The final
Avro 504 leaves the production line. The type has been in continuous production for nineteen years.
*March 20 -Luftschiffbau Zeppelin begins regular trans-atlantic services betweenGermany andBrazil , using the Graf Zeppelin.
*March 24 -28 -Jim Mollison sets a new speed record between theUnited Kingdom and Cape Town, taking 4 days 17 hours in ade Havilland Puss Moth
*March 25 -Dobrolyot is expanded into a USSR-wide service and has its name changed toAeroflot April
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April 19 -28 -Charles Scott sets a new solo speed record between the UK and Darwin, taking 8 days 20 hours in ade Havilland Gipsy Moth
*April 27 -Imperial Airways commences a regular passenger service to Cape Town.May
* the
Egyptian Air Force is formed
*May 9 - CaptainAlbert Hegenberger makes the first completely blind solo flight entirely on instruments, in aConsolidated NY-2 .
*May 20 -21 -Amelia Earhart , flying a Lockheed Vega, becomes the first woman to make a solo flight across the North Atlantic, fromHarbour Grace in Newfoundland toDerry inNorthern Ireland .June
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June 29 - aF9C Sparrowhawk parasite fighter hooks onto the USS "Akron" for the first time.July
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July 21 -Wolfgang von Gronau sets out to make a round-the-world trip in aDornier Wal . One hundred and eleven days later, it will be the first such trip made in aflying boat .
*July 23 - an aviation pioneer,Alberto Santos-Dumont hangs himselfAugust
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August 14 -28 - the third International Tourist Aircraft Contest "Challenge 1932 " inBerlin , won by the Polish crewFranciszek Zwirko andStanislaw Wigura on theRWD-6 plane.
*August 14 -23Frances Mersalis andLouise Thaden set a women's endurance record of 8 days 4 hours.
*August 18 -Auguste Piccard andMax Cosyns set a new balloon altitude record of 16,201 m (53,153 ft).
* August 18-19 - Jim Mollison makes the first solo East-to-West crossing of the Atlantic, flying a de Havilland Puss Moth fromDublin toNew Brunswick
*August 21 -27 - 7,363 km race over Europe of the "Challenge 1932 " contest.
*August 25 -Amelia Earhart makes the first transcontinental flight across the US by a woman. She flies aLockheed Vega .eptember
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September 3 -Jimmy Doolittle sets a new landplane airspeed record of 296 mph (476 km/h) in theGee Bee R-1
*September 7 -Thomas Settle andWinfield Bushnell set a new balloon distance record of 1,550 km (963 miles) betweenBasle ,Switzerland andVilna ,Poland .
*September 11 - Polish "Challenge 1932 " winners,Franciszek Zwirko andStanislaw Wigura died in an aircrash.
*September 16 -Cyril Uwins sets a new heavier-than-air altitude record of 43,976 ft (13,404 m) in aVickers Vespa .
*September 25 -Lewis Yancey sets anautogyro altitude record of 21,500 ft (6,553 m) in aPitcairn PCA-2 October
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October 15 -Tata Sons opens an airmail route betweenKarachi andMadras , the first regular air service withinIndia .November
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November 14 -18 -Amy Johnson breaks the UK-Cape Town speed record, shaving 11 hours off Mollison's record in March. She flies a de Havilland Puss Moth.
*November 19 - a national monument to theWright Brothers is unveiled atKitty Hawk, North Carolina .First flights
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January 29 -De Havilland Fox Moth March
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March 20 -P-26 Peashooter May
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May 7 -Dornier Do 11 June
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June 3 -RWD-6
*June 6 -Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta
*June 18 -Dewoitine D.500
*June 25 -Farman 1000 July
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July 8 -Supermarine Scapa August
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August 13 -Gee Bee R-1 eptember
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September 30 -Blackburn Baffin November
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November 4 -Beech Staggerwing
*November 24 -De Havilland Dragon December
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December 1 -Heinkel He 70
*December 21 -Vickers Vincent Entered service
February
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De Havilland Tiger Moth with RAF Central Flying School.December
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PZL P.7 a in thePolish Air Force
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