This is a list of aviation-related events from 1946: This is a timeline of aviation history. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1941: Events Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942: Events January January 30 - Canadian Pacific Air Lines formed by the acquisition and merger of Arrow Airways and Canadian Airways, along with all the various subsidiaries of the latter. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943: Events January January 27 - the USAAF makes its first daylight raid on Germany January 30 - Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquitos make the first daylight air-raid on Berlin January 30-31 – the H2S radar is used by RAF bombers... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1944: Events January January 11 - in one of the largest air raids to date, 570 USAAF bombers strike Brunswick, Halberstadt, and Oschersleben. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1945: // Events January January 1 - the Luftwaffe begins targeting Allied airfields in Europe as Operation Bodenplatte February February 13-15 - Allied bombers attack Dresden with incendiary weapons, destroying most of the city and killing some 50,000 people. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1947: Events March March 14 - Saudi Arabian Airlines begins regular services. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1948: Events January January 17 - BOAC begins to replace flying boat routes with the Lockheed Constellation March the Israeli Air Force is formed, with the new state of Israel March 10 - VF-5 becomes the first US Navy carrier squadron to... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1949: Events Aerolíneas Argentinas established. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1950: Events Arrow Air is founded March March 20 - Royal Air Force Avro Lincoln bombers are sent to Singapore to be used against the Communist guerillas of Malaya in the Malayan Emergency. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1951: Events February February 21 - an English Electric Canberra becomes the first jet to make an unrefuelled crossing of the Atlantic, taking 4 hours 37 minutes March March 6 - the Martin aircraft company gains production rights to the English Electric Canberra... Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Events

January

• January 1 - a British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian becomes the first commercial flight to depart Heathrow Airport
• January 10 - a Sikorsky R5 sets an unofficial helicopter altitude record of 6,400 m (21,000 ft) at Stratford, Connecticut.
• January 26 - Col William Councill sets a new US transcontinental speed record of 4 hours 13 minutes in a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... British South American Airways (BSAA) was a British state-run airline of the 1940s. ... The Avro 691 Lancastrian was a passenger and mail transport aircraft of the 1940s. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first operational jet fighter used by the United States Army Air Force. ...

February

• February 6 - TWA makes its first international flight, from New York to Paris
• March 8 - the Bell 47 receives the first type certificate awarded to a commercial helicopter.
• February 11 - U.S. and British negotiators reach the Bermuda Agreement, the first bilateral agreement regulating air transport. The two countries agree to fix transatlantic air fares through the International Air Transport Association.

February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Twa are a pygmy people, of short stature, who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of an area in central Africa that now comprises the nations of Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... March 8 poster from Portugal March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... Bell 47G Bell 47J The Bell 47 was the first helicopter to be certified for civil use, in May 1946. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... In 1946, on the isle of Bermuda, U.S. and British negotiators reached the Bermuda Agreement, the first bilateral Air Transport Agreement regulating civil air transport. ... IATA logo The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

June

• June 15 - the Navy's new Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, gives its first public performance at Craig Field in Jacksonville, Florida.
• June 21 - a USAF P-80 Shooting Star carries the first airmail flown by jet.

June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... US Navy Blue Angels in tight diamond formation. ... The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. ...

July

• July 1 - a B-29 Superfortress drops an atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll in a nuclear test.
• July 21 - a McDonnell FH Phantom makes the first landing by a jet aboard a US aircraft carrier, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four-engine heavy bomber propeller aircraft flown by the United States Army Air Force. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... -1... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... McDonnell FH-1 Phantom. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... USS (CVB/CVA-42) was an aircraft carrier which served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1977. ...

September

• September 27 - Sir Geoffrey de Havilland is killed when the de Havilland DH.108 breaks up in mid-air
• September 29 - a Lockheed P2V Neptune sets a new distance record of 11,235 miles (18,082 km)

September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (July 27, 1882 - May 21, 1965) was one of Englands aviation pioneers. ... The first DH. 108 built - TG283. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (until 1963 the P2V Neptune) was a naval patrol bomber and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft for the United States Navy between 1947 and 1978, replacing the PV-1 Ventura and PV-2 Harpoon and being replaced in turn with the P-3 Orion. ...

First flights

January

• January 19 - Bell X-1 (unpowered)

April January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bell X-1 was the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in controlled, level flight. ...

• April 24 - Mikoyan-Gurevich I-300, the Soviet Union's first jet
• April 24 - Yakovlev Yak-15 (three hours after the I-300)

May April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was a first-generation Soviet turbojet fighter and attack aircraft developed in the years immediately after World War II. The MiG-9 was developed from the I-300 prototype which first flew on April 24, 1946. ... The Yakovlev Yak-15 (originally given the designation Type-2 by US intelligence, and later the NATO reporting name Feather) was an early Soviet jet fighter, and the lightest operational jet fighter ever built. ...

• May 17 - Douglas XB-43, first US jet bomber

June May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ...

• June 7 - Short Sturgeon prototype RK 787
• June 25 - Northrop XB-35 flying wing bomber

July June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... The Northrop YB-35 (Northrop NS-9) was an experimental heavy bomber aircraft. ...

• July 7 - Hughes XF-11
• July 27 - Supermarine Attacker prototype TS 409

August July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... The Hughes XF-11 was a prototype military reconnaissance aircraft designed by millionaire Howard Hughes for the United States Army. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... The Supermarine Attacker was a single-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), built by the Supermarine company, and was the first jet fighter of the FAA. The Attacker developed from a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter jet project, the E10//44. ...

• August 8 - Convair XB-36

November August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... A Convair B-36D in flight The Convair (Consolidated Vultee) B-36 was a strategic bomber operated solely by the United States Air Force. ...

• November 11 - SNCASO SO-6000 Triton, France's first jet
• November 13 - Sukhoi Su-9
• November 16 - Saab Scandia prototype SE-BCA

December November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... Su-9 This article describes the first aircraft to carry the Su-9 designation. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ...

• December 12 - Westland Wyvern

December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Westland W.34 Wyvern was a single-seat carrier-based attack aircraft of the 1950s intended to cover a wide variety of roles. ...

Entered service

September

• September 30 - Short S.26 with BOAC Golden Hind (G-AFCI)

September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... After technical problems with the Comet, BOAC resumed jet service with imported Boeing 707s. ...