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December 31 – During 1940, German night fighters defending Germany have shot down 42 British bombers. First flights. Bellanca YO-50; Ikarus Aero 2; Summer 1940 – Tachikawa Ki-54 (Allied reporting name "Hickory") January. January 4 – Fairey Fulmar production aircraft N1854; January 13 – Yakovlev Ya-26, prototype of the Yakovlev Yak-1
1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 1990s. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. Aviation accidents and incidents in 1940 (2 C, 8 P) Aircraft first flown in 1940 (126 P) Airlines disestablished in 1940 (6 P) Airlines established in 1940 (5 P) Airports established in 1940 (1 C, 63 P)
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Minister of Aircraft Production. The Minister of Aircraft Production was, from 1940 to 1945, the British government minister at the Ministry of Aircraft Production, one of the specialised supply ministries set up by the British Government during World War II. It was responsible for aircraft production for the British forces, primarily the Royal ...
1941. 1940 Chronology of Aviation History. Major Aviation Events. 1940 Aviation Records. Speed: (Nazi Germany), 469.22-mph, Fritz Wendel, Messerschmitt “Me.209-V1”, 4/26/1949. Distance: (Italy), 8,038-miles, Tondi, Degasso, Vignoli, Savoia-Marchetti “S.M.75”, 8/1/1949. Altitude: (Italy), 56,046-feet, Mario Pezzi, Caproni “161bis”, 10/22/1948.
May 24, 2019 · As the 1940s drew to a close, turbine technology was central to one of the decade’s biggest aviation stories – the maiden flight of the world’s first jet airliner on 27 July 1949. But the...
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Meet the pilots whose accomplishments propelled aviation forward in the early twentieth century, from trailblazers like Charles and Wilbur Wright and Katherine Stinson, to record-breakers like Roscoe Turner and Wiley Post, to activists like Dale S. White, Jr., who flew to protest racial discrimination in flight training.
1940 in aviation. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1940: Events. The world's first high-performance, purpose-built night fighter, the British Bristol Beaufighter, enters combat. January
