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First flights. Entered service. Retirements. References. 1940 in aviation. Aviation portal. 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. [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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Transport portal. This category is for aviation in the decade 1940s . 1890s. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 1990s. Subcategories. This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. 0–9. 1940 in aviation (5 C, 1 P) 1941 in aviation (6 C, 1 P) 1942 in aviation (6 C, 4 P)
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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From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: 1940 in aviation in the United States. Svenska: Luftfartsåret 1940 i USA. Aviation in the United States by year. ←. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. →. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. *
Subcategories. This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. Aviation in the 1940s by country (27 C) . 1940 in aviation (7 C, 20 F) 1941 in aviation (15 C, 12 F) 1942 in aviation (11 C, 21 F) 1943 in aviation (10 C, 37 F) 1944 in aviation (10 C, 10 F) 1945 in aviation (15 C, 13 F) 1946 in aviation (7 C, 4 F)