1948 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1948:
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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 be equipped with jets.
- March 19 - BOAC extends its Hong Kong service to Japan
- March 23 - Grp Cpt John Cunningham sets a new world altitude record of 59,446 ft (18,119 m) in a de Havilland Vampire.
- March 28 - B-29 Superfortresses undergo aerial refueling tests, demonstrating the viability of this technique to extend the range of strategic bombers.
April
- two specially modified Gloster Meteors begin carrier trials aboard HMS Implacable.
- April 3 - Alitalia recommences services to the UK
- April 25 - a North American YP-86 becomes the first jet-powered aircraft to exceed Mach 1.
May
- May 15 - Tel Aviv is attacked by the Egyptian Air Force. The Israeli Air Force retaliates by striking Arab troops near Samakh.
June
- June 1 - BEA commences the first helicopter airmail service in the UK
- June 8 - Air India commences a regular Bombay-London service by Lockheed Constellation.
- June 26 - the Berlin Airlift begins, with USAF, Royal Air Force, and British civil transport aircraft carrying supplies into West Berlin
- June 28 - Sdn Ldr Basil Arkel sets a new helicopter speed record of 124 mph (200 km/h) in a Fairey Gyrodyne.
July
- July 6 - the US Navy's first two carrier-based AEW squadrons are formed, VAW-1 and VAW-2.
- July 14 - Vampire F3s of No. 54 Squadron RAF became the first jet aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The six aircraft, commanded by Wg Cdr D S Wilson-MacDonald, DSO, DFC, go via Stornoway, Iceland and Labrador to Montreal on the first leg of a goodwill tour of Canada and the US where they gave several formation aerobatic displays.
- July 14 - Silver City Airways makes the first car-carrying flight between England and France.
September
- September 5 - a US Navy Martin JRM Mars sets a new cargo record of 62,262 lb (28,242 kg)
- September 6 - a de Havilland DH.108 breaks the sound barrier, the first British aircraft to do so.
First flights
February
March
May
July
August
- Lavochkin La-174D, prototype of the La-15
- August 16 - Northrop XF-89
- August 23 - XF-85 Goblin
September
- September 1 - Saab J-29R, Sweden's first jet
- September 18 - Convair XF-92
- September 29 - F7U Cutlass
December
Entered service
March
May
- May 5 - FH Phantom with VF-17 aboard USS Saipan
June
- June 1 - Convair 240 with American Airlines
November
- B-45 Tornado with the 47th Bombardment Wing
Births
- August 8 - Svetlana Savitskaya, cosmonaut
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