1928 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1928:

Events

January

* January 6-8 - Lt Christian Schilt makes ten flights in an O2U Corsair to evacuate wounded marines from the besieged village of Quilali, Nicaragua. He is awarded the Medal of Honor.

February

* February 7 - Bert Hinkler leaves Croydon in an Avro Avian, attempting the first solo flight from England to Australia. He will arrive in Darwin on February 22.
* February 12 - Lady Mary Hearth leaves Cape Town in an Avro Avian in an attempt to make the first solo flight by a woman from South Africa to England. She will arrive in Croydon on May 17.

March

* March 30 - Mario di Bernardi sets a new airspeed record - the first over 300 mph (483 km/h). He flies a Macchi M.52"bis".

April

* April 13 - the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic from East to West is made by Hermann Köhl, Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld, and Major James Fitzmaurice in a Junkers W.33 named the Bremen.

May

* May 15 - Rev John Flynn founds the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia at Cloncurry, Queensland, using a de Havilland DH.50. The service takes medical services to remote parts of the Australian bush.
* May 23 - Umberto Nobile commands the Italian airship "Italia" on an ill-fated flight over the North Pole. The airship crashes on its way back, and Roald Amundsen is killed trying to rescue survivors.

June

* June 9 - Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew make the first flight across the Pacific Ocean in the Fokker F.VIIb-3m "Southern Cross". They left Oakland, California on May 31 and reach Brisbane via Honolulu and Fiji. The flight takes 83 hours.
* June 11 - At the Wasserkuppe, Alexander Lippisch's "Ente" becomes the first aircraft to fly under rocket power.
* July 12 - Emilio Carranza crashes in the New Jersey Pine Barrens while returning from New York City to Mexico City on a historic goodwill flight.
* June 17 - Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

August

* The "Daily Mail" newspaper fits out a de Havilland DH.61 to use as a mobile press office. It carries its own darkroom and a motorcycle.

eptember

* September 18 - Don Juan de la Cierva flies a Cierva C.8 autogyro from Croydon, England, to Le Bourget, France, making the first crossing of the English Channel in a rotary wing aircraft.

October

* October 11 - the Zeppelin "Graf Zeppelin" crosses the Atlantic in 71 hours.

December

* December 12 - Royal Air Force Vickers Victorias evacuate British civilians from Kabul.
* December 19 - Harold Pitcairn flies his first autogyro.

First flights

January

* January 7 - Polikarpov Po-2

March

* March 5 - Beardmore Inflexible

May

* Sikorsky S-38
* May 22 - Blériot 175

June

*Hawker Hart

July

*Avro Antelope

December

* December 7 - De Havilland Hawk Moth

Entered service

May

* Junkers G.31 with Lufthansa