- 1938 in aviation
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c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1935
yp2=1936
yp3=1937
year=1938
ya1=1939
ya2=1940
ya3=1941
dp3=1900s
dp2=1910s
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d=1930s
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dn3=1960sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1938 :Events
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Imperial Airways inaugurates scheduled service fromLondon toMontreal .Pan American World Airways is banned from British airports out of fears that more advanced U.S. aircraft will drive Imperial out of the transatlantic market.January
*January 20 - AFlight Refuelling Ltd Armstrong Whitworth AW.23 refuels anImperial Airways Short Empire overSouthampton Water February
*February 15 -27 - SixUSAAC B-17 Flying Fortress es make a goodwill tour of Latin America, traveling 12,000 miles (19,312 km) toLima ,Buenos Aires , Santiago and back.April
*April 20 - British Air CommodoreArthur Travers Harris makes a purchasing trip to theUnited States to select aircraft to expand theRoyal Air Force . TheLockheed Hudson andNorth American Harvard are chosen.May
*May 12 - theUS Navy commissions its sixthaircraft carrier , USS "Enterprise".
*May 17 - the US Congress passes the "Naval Expansion Act ", leading to the construction of theEssex class aircraft carrier s
*May 21 - first flight of the long-range seaplaneDornier Do 26 .June
* A prototypeHeinkel He 118 makes the first airborne tests of a turbojet engine
*June 9 - theNicaraguan Air Force is formed as the "Fuerza Aérea de la Guarda Nacional"
*June 25 - Official public opening ofManchester Airport atRingway (England) with extensive air display.July
*July 14 -Howard Hughes flies a Lockheed 14N around the world in 3 days 19 hours, to and fromFloyd Bennett Field New York , more than halving the time thatWiley Post took to make the trip.August
*August 10 -11 - aLufthansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 (D-ACON "Brandenberg") makes a non-stop flight fromBerlin to New York, viaHamburg ,Glasgow , Newfoundland, and Halifax,Nova Scotia ,taking 24 hours 36 minutes for the trip.September
*September 10 -Germany prohibits all foreign air traffic in its airspace except along specific air corridors.November
*November 5 -7 - Non-stop flight by a pair ofVickers Wellesley s fromEgypt to Darwin, Australia. This sets a new world distance record of 7,158 miles (11,520 km).
*November 28 -30 - a Lufthansa Fw 200 makes the airline's first flight toJapan , flying non-stop from Berlin toTokyo viaBasra ,Karachi , andHanoi . The 14,228 km (8,841 mile) flight breaks the distance record and takes 46 hours 18 minutes.First flights
January
*Aichi D3A
*January 5 -Miles Mentor "L4932"
*January 22 -Heinkel He 100
*January 24 -Armstrong Whitworth Ensign February
*February 2 -Junkers Ju 88 V4March
*March 12 -PZL.44 Wicher June
*June 7 -Douglas DC-4E August
*Dornier Do 217
*PZL.46 Sum September
*September 29 -Supermarine Sea Otter October
*October 2 -Dewoitine D.520
*October 11 - Westland Whirlwind prototype "L6844"
*October 14 - Curtiss XP-40
*October 15 -Bristol Beaufort prototype "L4441"December
*December 4 -Miles M.18
*December 10 -Lockheed Hudson
*December 12 -Fairey Albacore prototype "L7074"
*December 22 -De Havilland Flamingo
*December 23 -Blackburn Roc prototype "L3057"
*December 28 -Blackburn Botha
*December 31 -Boeing 307 Entered service
April
*Northrop BT withVB-5 aboard USS "Yorktown"June
*Westland Lysander withNo. 16 Squadron RAF July
*Supermarine Spitfire withNo. 19 Squadron RAF September
*Handley Page Hampden withNo. 49 Squadron RAF October
*Vickers Wellington withNo. 9 Squadron RAF
*Armstrong Whitworth Ensign withImperial Airways November
*Arado Ar 196
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