- 1926 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1923
yp2=1924
yp3=1925
year=1926
ya1=1927
ya2=1928
ya3=1929
dp3=1890s
dp2=1900s
dp1=1910s
d=1920s
dn1=1930s
dn2=1940s
dn3=1950sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1926 :Events
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United Airlines established.January
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January 6 -Deutsche Lufthansa is formed by themerger ofDeutsche Aero Lloyd andJunkers Luftverkehr
*January 26 - The "Plus Ultra", aDornier Do J hydroplane completes a Trans-Atlantic flight with a crew of Spanish aviators, includingRamón Franco andJulio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz .March
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March 1 - FourRoyal Air Force Fairey III Ds begin a long-distance flight, taking them fromCairo toCape Town and then on toLee-on-Solent ,England , where they will arrive onJune 2
*March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the firstliquid-fuelled rocket nearAuburn, Massachusetts .April
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April 1 - Italianairline Società Italiana Servizi Aerei begins operations linkingTrieste ,Venice ,Pavia , andTurin withCant 10 flying boat s.
*April 6 -Varney Speed Lines begins operations in the US. It will later becomeContinental Airlines
*April 30 -Bessie Coleman , the first licensedAfrican-American female pilot was killed along with mechanic William Wills, who was piloting the plane, after they crashed as a result of a wrench that Wills had accidentally left loose and that got stuck in the control gears.May
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May 9 -Richard Byrd andFloyd Bennett make the first flight over theNorth Pole in a Fokker VIIa-3m.
*May 11 - 14ndashRoald Amundsen makes the firstairship flight over the North Pole. The "Norge" leavesSpitsbergen and arrives inTeller, Alaska three days later.June
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June 30 -Alan Cobham sets out on a round trip fromEngland toAustralia in ade Havilland DH.50 . He will arrive back inLondon onOctober 1 and receive aknighthood for his accomplishment.July
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July 1 - ABlackburn Dart makes the first night landing on an aircraft carrier, HMS "Furious"
*July 2 - theUnited States Army Air Service becomes theUnited States Army Air Corps .
*July 24 - twoLufthansa Junkers G.24 s leaveBerlin to make a round-trip toBeijing . They will return onSeptember 26 .October
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October 21 - British airship R.33 makes furtherparasite fighter tests, releasing twoGloster Grebe s from 2,500 ft (762 m).November
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November 13 -Schneider Trophy race flown atHampton Roads ,USA . Won by Mario De Bernardi (Italy ) in aMacchi M.39 at 396.698 km/h (246.5 mph).
*November 15 - T. Neville Stack and B. S. Leete leave England in an attempt to reachIndia by air in ade Havilland DH.60 . They will arrive inKarachi onJanuary 8 1927 .First flights
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Boulton Paul Sidestrand April
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April 24 -Handley Page Harrow (HP.31)May
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May 7 -Blériot 127 June
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June 19 -Blackburn Iris
*June 26 -Avro Tutor October
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October 27 -Blériot 165 Entered service
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June 16 -Armstrong Whitworth Argosy withImperial Airways August
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Lioré et Olivier 21 withAir Union eptember
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Martin T3M with theUnited States Navy December
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SABCA S-2 withSABENA
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