1939 in aeronautics
- 1938 in aeronautics - 1939 in aeronautics - 1940 in aeronautics
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January 19th : Howard Hugues connects Los Angeles and New York in 7 hours and 28 minutes on a “Hugues Special”.
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February 20th : First flight of Douglas DC-5.
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February 23rd : Opening of a regular postal connection between Hong-Kong and San Francisco.
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March 6th : An Italian crew carries out the connection Rome - Addis-Abeba without stopover on a FIAT Br-20L establishing a way record of 4 500 km with 390,97 km/h.
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March 26th : The Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper of the Pan American carries out its first transatlantic connection: Baltimore - the Azores - Lisbon - Marseilles.
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March 30th : First flight of Potez 670.
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April 1st : First flight of the Messerschmitt Me 209 VI.
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April 26th : Fritz Wendel sign speed records with a Messerschmitt BF109: 755,138 km/h.
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April 28th : A Soviet crew connects Moscow to the New Brunswick, that is to say 8.000 km of 22 hours and 56 minutes.
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May 9th : A plane is crushed on the town of Quito destroying five buildings. Miraculeusement, one counts only 25 dead.
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May 11th : A crew of Air Africa connects Paris and Brazzaville, is 7.793 km in 36 hours and 59 minutes.
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May 20th : First regular postal connection between New York and Marseilles.
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July 1st : the American company American Export Air Lines inaugurates its first transatlantic connection.
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July 15th : The Lieutenant-of-vessel-Paris seaplane carries out the first connection Paris - the United States with passengers into 28. 30' without stopover.
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July 30th : An Italian crew increases the record of distance in closed circuit to 12.935 km on Savoia-Marchetti D-82PD.
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August 26th : Beginning of the great Japanese raid called “Raid of the friendship” which is completed the October 17th after a course of 53.000 km in 195 hours of vol.
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August 27th : First flight of a Heinkel He 178 equipped with a turbojet.
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August 30th : Inauguration of the regular connection between the the United States and the New Zealand by the company Side American.
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September 1st : The Germany invades the Poland with raids led by Heinkel He 111, Dornier Do 17, Junker Ju 87 and of Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Messerschmitt BF 110.
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September 3rd : The France and the Great Britain declare the war with the Germany. The French air force then includes/understands 117 groups and 17 escadrilles.
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