1930 in Aviation - Events

Events

  • The Surrey Aero Club inaugurates recreational flights from Gatwick Race Course (now London Gatwick Airport).
  • The German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin makes its first crossing of the South Atlantic.
  • The Aeromarine-Klemm Corporation, formerly the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company, goes out of business, although the Uppercu-Burnelli Corporation takes over production of Aeromarine aircraft engines.
  • French test pilot Roger Baptiste achieves a speed of 280 km/hr (174 mph) at an altitude of 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) in the Bernard 20 monoplane fighter prototype.
  • Autumn 1930 – The Royal Air Force rededicates No. 443 Flight of the Fleet Air Arm as the first British catapult flight of aircraft assigned to operate from battleship and cruiser catapults.

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