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On This Day: 1929

Aviation events for 1929

LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (SP-LRE) at  Warsaw - Frederic Chopin International, Poland
January 1: LOT Polish Airlines is founded. Read more...
 
January 12: First U.S. air mail stamped envelopes are available for sale.
 
February 5: Frank Hawks and Oscar Grubb land their Lockheed Air Express in New York after a record flight of 18 hours 20 minutes from Los Angeles.
 
February 25: The world’s first major air evacuation comes to an end when Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) flies out the last of 586 civilians from Kabul to the safety to India. The airlift involves nationals of about 20 countries.
 
February 28: An amendment to the Air Commerce Act, effective in June, provides for the federal licensing of flying schools.
 
March 5: Lineas Aereas nacionales is founded. It is known as LAN today.
 
March 30: Imperial Airways inaugurates a weekly passenger service from England to India, part of which would have to be taken by rail. For £130 single fare, the trip ends in Karachi seven days after leaving England.
 
April 9: The French airline Air Union starts to operate a nightly service from Paris to London.
 
April 24: Royal Air Force Squadron Leader A G Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant N H Jenkins take off in a Fairey Long-range Monoplane from RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, England on the first nonstop flight between Britain and India. Strong headwinds impede forward progress and the crew decide to land in Karachi, Pakistan 50 hours later.
 
April 27: Squadron Leader A.G. Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant N.H. Jenkins complete the first non-stop flight from England to India; they fly the 4,130 miles in 50 hours, 37 minutes in a Fairey Long-Range Monoplane.
 
May 6: The Boeing F4-B1 fighter makes its first flight. It would serve as the US military’s primary fighter until the 1940s.
 
May 16: At the first Academy Award ceremonies in Los Angeles, the Oscar for Best Picture for 1927-1928 goes to the Paramount movie, Wings. This World War I flying epic remains a classic today.
 
May 20: Charles Lindbergh marries Anne, daughter of Dwight W. Morrow, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and author of an influential report on American aviation.
 
May 22: Pan American Airways inaugurates a new passenger service from Miami, Florida to Managua, Panama with stops at Belize. The journey by a F.VII/3ns takes 56 hours.
 
June 14: In efforts to encourage passenger traffic for their expanding international air routes, British Imperial Airways makes the first 30-minute “tea” flight over London, costing £2 2s, reduced in 1931 to £1 10s.
 
June 17: Delta Air Lines commences operations.
 
July 3: Aeropostal, Alas De Venezuela is founded.
 
July 7: Transcontinental Air Transport Inc. inaugurates a 48-hour combined rail and air passenger service from coast to coast in the U.S. Colonel Charles Lindbergh flies the first plane over the air route.
 
July 26: Johnny Burtin sets a new world altitude record of 26,531 feet for airplanes with a 1-ton load. Burtin’s flight also proves that at high altitudes, fuel consumption drops considerably and wind resistance is reduced, making high-altitude flying more economical and profitable.
 
August 1: Dr. Hugo Eckener commands the first airship flight to circumnavigate the globe when the flight leaves Friedrichshafen, Germany. Graf Zeppelin arrives back at Friedrichshafen on September 4, having logged 21,000 mi. in 12 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes flying time.
 
August 4: The first Challenge International de Tourisme 1929 (International Tourist Plane Contest), a sort of aviation rally race around Europe, kicks off in Paris. Sponsored by air racing governing body Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), German Fritz Morik flies his BFW M.23 to victory on August 16th.(N)
 
August 8: The Zeppelin LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin makes the first flight around the world by an airship. Captained by Hugo Eckener, the airship makes its 21,500-mile circumnavigation in 21 days and 7 hours.
 
August 19: The first metal airship built for the U.S. Navy makes its first flight. The ZMC-2 is a 22,600 cu. ft. helium balloon supported by transverse metal frames and longitudinal stiffeners with a thin metal covering forming the outer skin.
 
August 26: The first flight of the largest trimotor transport aircraft built by Fokker, the F.IX, takes to the air on its first flight. The prototype (PH-AGA) was handed over to KLM on May 8, 1930, and given the name Adelaar (Eagle).
 
August 29: Graf Zeppelin sets down at Lakehurst, New Jersey to complete its circumnavigation of the globe.
 
September 11: The Fokker F-32 four-engined luxury airliner makes its 1st US flight at Teterboro Airport.
 
September 24: Aviation pioneer Jimmy Doolittle completes the first flight to take off, fly and land using only instruments.
 
October 6: Hawaiian Airlines commences operations.
 
October 21: The Colonial Flying Service and Scully Walton Ambulance Company organize the United State’s 1st civilian air ambulance service.
 
November 28: American Commander Richard Byrd and crew make the 1st flight over the South Pole, in a Ford 4-AT Trimotor monoplane, November 28-29.
 
 
 

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