1932 in Aviation - Events

Events

  • The Canadian Siskins aerobatic team is retired.
  • James Work founds the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.
  • Richard Shuttleworth buys 1928 de Havilland DH.60X Moth G-EBDW, which he bases at Old Warden airfield in Bedfordshire, England, where it remains (as of 2012) – the longest continuous base for a single aircraft in aviation history.
  • The French Army's Aéronautique Militaire retires the last of its Breguet 14 aircraft. The Breguet 14 had been in service since 1917.

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