- 1927 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1924
yp2=1925
yp3=1926
year=1927
ya1=1928
ya2=1929
ya3=1930
dp3=1890s
dp2=1900s
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d=1920s
dn1=1930s
dn2=1940s
dn3=1950sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1927 :Events
January
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January 7 -Imperial Airways commences a regular service fromBasra toCairo viaBaghdad , the first of its Empire "trunk routes"
*January 15 -Boeing Air Transport is formed, to carryairmail betweenChicago andSan Francisco . This will eventually becomeUnited Airlines March
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March 14 -Pan American Airways is formed to carry airmail on theKey West -Havana route.May
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May 1 - Imperial Airways introduces its luxury "Silver Wing " service betweenLondon andParis .
*May 8 -9 -Charles Nungesser andFrançois Coli attempted to cross theAtlantic fromParis to theUSA in Levasseur PL-8 "The White Bird " ("L'Oiseau Blanc") biplane, but were lost.
*May 20 -21 -Charles Lindbergh flies "The Spirit of St. Louis" across the Atlantic nonstop and solo, direct fromNew York City toParis , as a first solo transatlantic flight.
*May 20 - Flt LtRoderic Carr sets out to set a new distance record, attempting to fly fromEngland toIndia in aHawker Horsely . Three days later, he will be rescued from thePersian Gulf .
*May 27 -France 's firstaircraft carrier , the "Bearn" is commissionedJune
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June 4 -6 - With Charles A. Levine as his passenger,Clarence Duncan Chamberlin made a record nonstop transatlantic flight, in his monoplane Columbia, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Eisleben, Germany, a distance of 3,911 miles, in 42 hours and 31 minutes.
*June 5 - the "Verein für Raumschiffahrt " ("Society for spaceship travel") is formed inGermany .
*June 6 - Canadian innovatorWallace Turnbull sells the parent of thevariable-pitch propeller toCurtiss-Wright in theUnited States and Bristol in theUnited Kingdom . It will be successfully flight tested onJune 29 .
*June 15 - US businessmanVan Lear Black charters aKLM Fokker F.VII a for a flight from theNetherlands to Batavia, the first international charter flight.
*June 28 -29 - a US ArmyFokker C-2 makes the first non-stop flight from the continental US toHawaii .
*June 29 -July 1 -Richard Evelyn Byrd with crew fliesFokker F.VII a/3m "America" from New York City to France.July
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July 17 - USMCde Havilland DH.4 s are used to attack bandits inNicaragua threatening the garrison atOcotal .August
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August 12 - theRoyal Air Force holds a fly-off between four competingflying boat designs, theSupermarine Southampton ,Blackburn Iris ,Short Singapore , and theSaunders-Roe Valkyrie .
*August 26 -Bert Hinkler sets a new non-stop distance record, flying fromCroydon ,England toRiga ,Latvia .eptember
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September 8 - theCessna company is established.
*September 26 -Schneider Trophy race flown atVenice ,Italy . Won by Flight Lt. S.N Webster (UK) in a Supermarine S5 at 453.2 km/h (281.7mph).
*September 28 - LtDick Bently of theSouth African Air Force arrives inSouth Africa after having made the first solo flight there fromEngland . He leftLondon onSeptember 1 .October
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October 14 -15 -Dieudonne Costes andJoseph le Brix make the first non-stop aerial crossing of theSouth Atlantic , flying aBreguet 19 from Saint-Louis,Senegal toPort Natal inBrazil , as a part of their round-the-world 57,000 km trip .November
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November 16 - US aircraft carrier USS "Saratoga" is commissioned.
*November 17 - SirAlan Cobham sets out from England in aShort Singapore to make an aerial survey of Africa.December
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December 14 - US aircraft carrier USS "Lexington" is commissioned.
*December 29 -Georg Wulf , co-founder ofFocke-Wulf , is killed in the crash of theFocke-Wulf Fw 19 First flights
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Hamilton H-47 , first US all-metal aircraft
*Nieuport-Delage Ni-D 52 March
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March 7 -Westland Wapiti
*March 26 -Handley Page Hinaidi April
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April 27 -Stinson Detroiter May
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May 12 -Armstrong Whitworth Starling
*May 17 -Bristol Bulldog July
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July 4 -Lockheed Vega Entered service
July
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July 1 -Boeing 40 withBoeing Air Transport
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