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1929 in aviation
This is a list of
aviation
-related events from 1929:
Events
Greatest number of fatal
civil aircraft crashes
in US history.
Cubana de Aviación
begins service.
Pan American World Airways
begins service.
The
Canadian
Siskins
aerobatic
team is formed.
First official airmail to the
Mackenzie District
of Canada's western Arctic by bushpilot.
Airway Beacon
is built in
St. Paul
,
Minnesota
. It still exists in
Indian Mounds Park
.
Aircraft Development Corporation changes its name to the
Detroit Aircraft Corporation
.
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
absorbs the
Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
.
In response to the creation of the
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
, the
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
is formed as a holding company controlling the stock of the
Boeing Airplane Company
, the
Chance Vought Corporation
, the
Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company
, and the
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company
, soon joined by the
Sikorsky Aviation Corporation
, the
Stearman Aircraft Company
, the
Standard Steel Propeller Company
, and several
airlines
managed by the new
United Air Lines, Inc.
management company.
The
Imperial Japanese Navy
begins to gather information on aerial techniques, training, and aircraft necessary for
dive bombing
.
The
Royal Swedish Navy
assigns a ship to aviation service for the first time.
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