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June 1 – In a flight between turning points at Dessau and Leipzig, Germany, Wilhelm Zimmermann, flying a Junkers G 24L, achieves a new world speed record for an aircraft with a 2,000-kilogram (4,410-pound) payload over a distance of 100 kilometers (62 miles), averaging 207.26 km/h (128.79 mph).
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During the 1920s and 1930s great progress was made in the field of aviation, including the first transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown in 1919, Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight in 1927, and Charles Kingsford Smith's transpacific flight the following year.
1927 — First flight of the Nieuport-Delage Ni-D 52. January 1927. January 7 — Imperial Airways commences a regular service from Basra to Cairo via Baghdad, the first of its Empire “trunk routes”. January 15 — Boeing Air Transport is formed, to carry airmail between Chicago and San Francisco.
1927 was a year of unprecedented attempts to establish new records for long-distance flight. It was exciting but dangerous. Many people tried . . . and many died. Most often remembered as the year Charles Lindbergh flew alone across the Atlantic, 1927 also witnessed other record flights that presented far greater challenges.
Dec 9, 2021 · By the summer of 1927, an effective commercial airline system was providing reliable air mail service. The federal government continued to shape the new industry by regulating the airways, guiding aviation's growth, and promoting safety and technology. Pen used by President Calvin Coolidge to sign the Contract Air Mail Act of 1925.
May 21, 2012 · On May 21, 1927, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh was just 25 years old...
