1949 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1949:
Events
- Aerolíneas Argentinas established.
- Royal Jordanian Air Force forms as the Arab League Air Force
- Republic of Korea Air Force forms
- Lebanese Air Force forms
January
- January 7 - No. 208 Squadron RAF loses four Supermarine Spitfires and a Hawker Tempest to Israeli Air Force fighters
February
- February 26-March 2 - B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II of the 43rd Bombardment Group, completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight from and to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona. The 23,452 mile (37,742 km) journey takes 94 hours 1 minute.
April
- April 4 - NATO is formed
- April 20-21 - a Short Sunderland flies medical personnel and supplies to HMS Amethyst, shelled by Chinese Communist forces on the Yangtze River.
May
- the United States Marine Corps practices deploying by helicopter for the first time, in Exercise Packard III.
- May 4 - The Canadian Blue Devils aerobatic team is formed.
- May 11 - No. 28 Squadron RAF flies from Malaya to Hong Kong to help reinforce the island against Communist forces on mainland China.
- May 19 - a JRM Mars sets a new record of 308 for the largest number of people to be carried on a single aircraft.
- May 21 - a Sikorsky S-52 sets a new helicopter altitude record of 21,200 ft (6,468 m).
July
- July 25 - Second Lieutenant Bob Kipp of the Canadian Blue Devils aerobatic team is killed in a training accident.
August
September
- September 30 - the Berlin Airlift officially ends, with 2,325 tons (2,362 tonnes) of food and supplies having been flown into the city. The final flight is made a week later.
November
- November 18 - a Douglas C-74 Loadmaster carries 103 passengers and crew over the North Atlantic, the largest number to have made the crossing in a single flight.
First flights
January
March
- March 9 - Avro Shackleton prototype VW126
April
- April 14 - Aero Ae 50
- April 14 - Helio Courier
- April 21 - Leduc 0.10
May
- May 13 - English Electric Canberra prototype VN799
June
July
September
- September 2 - De Havilland Venom
- September 4 - Avro 707
- September 4 - Bristol Brabazon
- September 19 - Fairey Gannet prototype VR546
- September 24 - North American XT-28
November
Entered service
April
- April 1 - Boeing Stratocruiser with Pan Am
May
- F9F Panther with VF-51
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