The Ultimate 1926 in aviation - American History Information Guide and Reference

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1926:

Events

January

January 6 - Deutsche Lufthansa is formed by the merger of Deutsche Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr
January 26 - Ramon Franco sets out from Spain in a Dornier Do J to reach Buenos Aires after 59 hours in the air.

March

March 1 - Four Royal Air Force Fairey IIIDs begin a long-distance flight, taking them from Cairo to Cape Town and then on to Lee-on-Solent, England, where they will arrive on June 2
March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuelled rocket near Auburn, Massachusetts.

April

April 1 - Italian airline Società Italiana Servizi Aerei begins operations linking Trieste, Venice, Pavia, and Turin with Cant 10 flying boats.
April 6 - Varney Speed Lines begins operations in the US. It will later become Continental Airlines
April 30 - Bessie Coleman, the first licensed African-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

May 9 - Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make the first flight over the North Pole in a Fokker VIIa -3m.
May 11 - 14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves Spitzbergen and arrives in Teller, Alaska three days later.

June

June 30 - Alan Cobham sets out on a round trip from England to Australia in a de Havilland DH.50 . He will arrive back in London on October 1 and receive a knighthood for his accomplishment.

July

July 1 - A Blackburn Dart makes the first night landing on an aircraft carrier, HMS Furious
July 2 - the United States Army Air Service becomes the United States Army Air Corps.
July 24 - two Lufthansa Junkers G.24s leave Berlin to make a round-trip to Beijing. They will return on September 26.

October

October 21 - British airship R.33 makes further parasite fighter tests, releasing two Gloster Grebes from 2,500 ft (762 m).

November

November 13 - Schneider Trophy race flown at Hampton Roads, USA. Won by Mario De Bernardi (Italy) in a Macchi 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 reach India by air in a de Havilland DH.60 . They will arrive in Karachi on January 8 1927.

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August

September

December