1947 in aviation
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This is a list ofaviation-related events from 1947:
Events
[edit]- The United States'inventory ofatomic bombsreaches a total of 13 weapons during the year.[1]
January
[edit]- January 7 – Pioneering aviatorHelen Richeyis found dead at the age of 37 in her New York City apartment, apparently having committed suicide with an overdose ofsleeping pills.[2]
- January 8
- A U.S.Joint Intelligence Committeereport predicts that by 1956 the Soviet Union will have atomic bombs and strategic bombers capable of delivering them to thecontinental United States.[3]
- A U.K.Cabinet sub-committeeapprovesHigh Explosive Research,a civil project to develop an independent Britishatomic bomb.
- January 11 – TheBOACDouglas C-47AG-AGJXcrashesinto a hill atStowtingin southeast England, killing eight of the 16 people on board and injuring all eight survivors. Among the injured is Member of ParliamentTom Horabin.
- January 14
- The United States replaces thenational insigniafor its military aircraft adopted in September 1943 with a new marking consisting of a white star centered in a blue circle flanked by white rectangles bisected by a horizontal red stripe, with the entire insignia outlined in blue,which is still in use in the 21st century.[4]
- The U.S.Joint Intelligence Staffestimates that in the event of a war theSoviet Unioncould mobilize 15,000 combat aircraft.[3]
- January 16 – TheBurmese Air Forceis founded.
- January 17 – The U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee notes that the Soviet Union maintains a peacetime deployment of 5,000 combat aircraft in Europe.[3]
- January 25
- ASpencer AirwaysDouglas Dakotacrasheson takeoff into a parked and emptyCzech AirlinesDouglas C-47 SkytrainatCroydon Airportnear London, England, killing 12 of the 23 people aboard the Spencer Airlines plane.
- A Philippine plane crashes in Hong Kong, with $5 million worth of gold and money.
- January 26 – AKLMDouglas DC-3 Dakotacrashes after take-off fromCopenhagen,Denmark, killing all 22 on board, includingPrince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbottenof Sweden, and American operatic soprano and musical theater and film actressGrace Moore.[5]
- January 30 –Transcontinental and Western Airinaugurates history's first regularly scheduled all-cargo air service to operate over theNorth Atlantic Ocean.[6]
February
[edit]- February 25 – The U.S.Joint Chiefs of Staffrecommend that the United States use atomic bombs early in any war with theSoviet Unionand call for an increase in the American inventory of atomic weapons.[3]
- February 28 – In a single flight, U.S. Army Air ForcesCaptainRobert E. Thacker(pilot) and LieutenantJohn M. Ard(co-pilot) in theNorth American P-82B Twin MustangfighterBetty Jomake both the longest nonstop flight withoutaerial refuelingby a fighter aircraft, about 4,968statute miles(7,994 km) fromHickam Fieldin theTerritory of HawaiitoLa Guardia Fieldin New York City, and the fastest flight between Hawaii and New York City up to that time, 14 hours 31 minutes 50 seconds at an average speed of 342 mph (550 km/h). It remains both the longest non-stop flight by a piston-engined fighter[7]and the fastest Hawaii-to-New York City flight by a piston-engined aircraft[8]in history.
March
[edit]- March 3 – In Naval Strategic Planning Study 3, the Strategic Plans Division of the Office of theChief of Naval Operationsasserts that U.S. Navy aircraft carriers will be able to operate successfully against the coast of theSoviet Unionin the face of substantial land-based Soviet air power, stating that the carriers are "the only weapon in the possession of the U.S. which can deliver early and effective attacks against Russian air power and selective shore objectives in the initial stages of a Russo-American conflict." The findings anger U.S. Air Force planners, who view strategic attacks against the Soviet Union as a strictly Air Force mission.[9]
- March 5 – The 26th country ratifies theConvention on International Civil Aviation,permitting a permanent organization to replace theProvisional International Civil Aviation Organization(PICAO).[10]
- March 14 –Saudi Arabian Airlinesbegins regular domestic services.
- March 16 –Saudi Arabian Airlinesbegins regular international services.
- March 21 –Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela(LAV) inaugurates its first service to the United States with a route betweenCaracasandIdlewild Airportin New York City, usingLockheed Constellationsit had purchased earlier in the year.
- March 24 –Reeve Aleutian Airwaysis founded.
April
[edit]- April 1 –JAT Jugoslovenski Aerotransportcommences operations as theflag carrierof theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.It replacesAeroput,Yugoslavia's first civilian airline and the flag carrier of theKingdom of Yugoslaviafrom 1927 to April 1941, when theGerman invasion of Yugoslaviaknocked it out of business and destroyed most of its property. Aeroput never resumes flight operations and will be dissolved inDecember 1948.
- April 4 – TheInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) is formed under the terms of theConvention on International Civil Aviation,replacing theProvisional International Civil Aviation Organization(PICAO), which had operated sinceJune 1945.[10]
- April 27 – AUnited AirlinesDouglas DC-6becomes the first DC-6 to be placed in overseas service when it flies from San Francisco, California, toHonolulu,Territory of Hawaii.[11]
May
[edit]- TheRoyal Navyforms its first all-helicopter squadron,No. 705 Squadron,which serves as theFleet Air Arm's Helicopter Fleet Requirements Unit atGosport.[12]
- May 1 – United Airlines begins daily scheduled service between San Francisco and Honolulu.[11]
- May 2 –Swissairattempts its first flight to New York City, flying aDouglas DC-4from Switzerland viaShannon Airportin Ireland andStephenvillein theDominion of Newfoundland.Fog at New York City'sLaGuardia Airportforces the airliner to divert to Washington, D.C., where it arrives 20 hours 55 minutes after departing Switzerland.
- May 15 – The U.S.Joint War Planning Committeereports that theSoviet Air Forcehas 13,100 combat aircraft and that the Soviet satellite states have another 3,309, and that a month after the beginning of mobilization this could increase to 20,000 Soviet and 3,359 satellite state aircraft. It estimates that in an offensive in central Europe, the Soviet Union would employ 7,000attack aircraft[13]
- May 17 – FlyingEastern Airlines' firstLockheed L-749 Constellationon its delivery flight, Eastern pilotDick Millersets a new record time for a flight fromBurbank,California, to Miami, Florida, of 6 hours, 54 minutes, 57 seconds.[14]
- May 18
- APhilippine Army Air CorpsDouglas C-47on its way to Paris to pick upVice President of the PhilippinesElpidio Quirinoand bring him back to the Philippines crashes into the side ofMount KatangladnearMalaybalay,the Philippines, killing all 18 people on board.[15]
- During anair showinBurlington,Iowa, aUnited States NavyF4U Corsairfighter crashes into asandlot baseballgame near the municipal airport and catches fire, killing its pilot and two teenagers on the ground and injuring seven other people.[16]
- May 28 –British South American Airwaysconducts trials of non-stop flights from London to Bermuda usingaerial refuelingover theAzores.
- May 29
- AUnited States Army Air ForcesDouglas C-54D Skymastercrashes on approach toNaval Air Station Atsugi,Japan, at the end of a flight fromKimpo AirportinSeoul,South Korea, killing all 41 people on board. It is the worst aviation accident in Japanese history at the time.[17]
- AFlugfélag IslandsDouglas C-47A-25-DKon a domestic flight in Iceland fromReykjavík AirportinReykjavíktoAkureyri AirportinAkureyriflies into the side ofHestfjallMountain at the side ofHédinsfjördur,killing all 25 people on board. The wreckage is found the following day.[18]
- TheDouglas DC-4Mainliner Lake Tahoe,operating asUnited Airlines Flight 521,fails to become airborne while attempting to take off fromLaGuardia Airportin New York City, runs off the end of the runway, and slams into an embankment, killing 42 of the 48 people on board. It is the worst aviation disaster in American history at the time, although the death toll will be exceeded in a crash the following day.
- May 30 – During a flight fromNewark,New Jersey, to Florida, anEastern Air LinesDC-4 disintegrates in flight at an altitude of 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and crashes into a swamp nearBaltimore,Maryland, killing all 53 people on board. It replaces the previous day's United Airlines crash as the deadliest airline accident in American history. Among the dead are two relatives of a man who had died the previous day in the United crash. The 97 deaths in the two crashes exceed the entirecommercial aviationdeath toll in the United States for 1946.[19]
June
[edit]- June 4 –Orient Airways,the first and onlyMuslim-owned airline in theBritish Raj,begins flight operations.
- June 17 –Pan American World Airwaysinaugurates what are considered the world's first scheduled commercial round-the-world flights, although the service actually operates between New York City and San Francisco without crossing thecontinental United States.Flight One, operated by aDouglas DC-4,departs San Francisco and stops atHonolulu,Hawaii;Midway Atoll;Wake Island;Guam;Manila,the Philippines;Bangkok;andCalcutta,where it meets Flight Two, aLockheed Constellationthat had flown fromLaGuardia Airportin New York City. In Calcutta, the two aircraft swap flight designations; the DC-4 then turns back and continues as Flight Two to San Francisco, while the Constellation turns back and continues as Flight One, stopping atKarachi;Istanbul;London;Shannon,Ireland; andGander,Newfoundlandbefore arriving at LaGuardia Airport.[citation needed]
- June 19
- Pan American AirwaysFlight 121, theLockheed L-049 ConstellationClipper Eclipse(registration NC88845) carrying 36 people on a flight fromKarachi AirportinKarachi,British India,toIstanbul-Yesilköy AirportinIstanbul,Turkey, feathers its number one propeller due to engine problems, then suffers overheating in its other three engines. As it descends, the number two engine nacelle catches fire and the engine detaches from the airliner, which makes a belly landing nearMayadin,Syria. Fourteen of the people on board die; it is the worst aviation accident in Syrian history at the time.[20]FutureStar TrekcreatorGene Roddenberryis among the survivors.[citation needed]
- United States Army Air ForcesColonelAlbert Boydsets a new official world airspeed record of 623.62 mph (1,003.62 km/h) in a LockheedP-80 Shooting Star.[21](This is still marginally slower than unofficial German speed records in rocket-powered aircraft duringWorld War II).
- June 22 – At the Wilson-King Sky Show inSt. George,Utah, a light plane involved in theair showexperiences brake failure on landing and crashes into cars parked at the edge of the airfield, killing a teenaged girl. The pilot and the dead girl's mother and infant sister are injured.[22]
- June 24 –Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting:American businessman and aviatorKenneth Arnoldis piloting aCallAir A-2at about 9,200 feet (2,800 m) nearMineral, Washington(nearMount Rainier) when he sights what he reports to be a group of disc-likeunidentified flying objectsflying in a chain which he clocks at a minimum of 1,200 mph (1,900 km/h). He refers to them as looking like saucers, leading the press to coin the term "flying saucer,"which soon enters everyday speech.
- June 30 – The Evaluation Board forOperation Crossroadssubmits its final report on theJuly 1946atomic bomb tests atBikini Atoll.It finds that an atomic attack could go beyond stopping a country's military effort and in addition wreck its economic and social structure for lengthy periods, and could even depopulate large portions of the earth's surface, threaten the existence of civilization, and cause the extinction of mankind. It recommends that the United States develop a large inventory of atomic weapons and the means to deliver them promptly and be prepared to strike first, with legal authority to launch a massive atomic strike to preempt a foreign strike if there are indications that an adversary is preparing one.[3]
July
[edit]- July 3
- ThePhilippine Air Forceis formed.
- United States Army Air ForcesC-54G Skymaster45-519crashes in the Atlantic Ocean 294 miles (473 km) off Florida after loss of control caused by turbulence from a storm, killing the 6 crew.[23]
- July 13 – ABurke Air TransportDouglas DC-3C (registration NC79024) operating a non-scheduled passenger flight fromDaniel FieldinAugusta,Georgia, toMiami International Airportin Miami, Florida, begins a gradual descent after suffering engine trouble, culminating in a crash-landing among trees and stumps outside ofMelbourne,Florida. Fourteen of the 36 people on board die.[24]
- July 15 –Northwest Airlineslaunches the first commercial passenger service from the U.S. to Asia's Far East along the North Pacific route with Douglas DC-4The Manila,linkingMinneapolis/St. Paul(USA) and Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) andManila(Philippines) by way of Edmonton (Canada) (technical stop),Anchorage(Alaska USA) and Shemya (USA) (technical stop). The Northwest Seattle—Anchorage service offered a connection (at Anchorage) with this new operation to the Orient.Seoul(South Korea) was included as a stop on the Northwest Airlines route to the Orient in August 1947.
- July 21 – AnArgentine Air ForceDouglas C-54A-1-DO Skymasterattempting to join a 200-plane flyover ofBuenos Airesas part of a celebration of the birth ofJosé de San Martínfails to gain altitude during takeoff fromEl Palomar AirportinEl Palomar,Argentina. It runs through a crowd of spectators, crosses a railroad, and catches fire, killing 14 of the 19 people in board the aircraft and three people on the ground.[25]
- July 26 – President of the United StatesHarry S. Trumansigns theNational Security Act of 1947,creating theUnited States Department of Defense.Among its many provisions is one which states that the soon-to-be establishedUnited States Air Force"shall include aviation forces both combat and service not otherwise assigned." This wording allows the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps to retain their aviation forces upon the establishment of the independent Air Force in September 1947.[26]
- July 29 – In theNetherlands East Indies,the three surviving aircraft of theIndonesian Air Forcebomb Dutch forces atAmbarawa,Salatiga,andSemarang,disproving the Dutch claim of having destroyed the entire Indonesian Air Force.[27]
- July 31 – ARepublic of China Air ForceC-47 Skytraincrashes in China during a flight fromTihuatoLanzhou,killing all 26 people on board.[28]
August
[edit]- Bad weather forces aU.S. Marine Corpspilot down incommunist-controlled territory nearQingdao,China, during theChinese Civil War.A landing party of U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors destroys his plane to prevent its capture but fails to retrieve him, and the Chinese Communists return him to U.S. custody only after lengthy negotiations.[29]
- August 2 –BSAAStar Dustaccident:TheBritish South American AirwaysAvro LancastrianStar Dust(tail numberG-AGWH) disappears over theAndesduring a flight fromBuenos Aires,Argentina, toSantiago,Chile, with the loss of all 11 people on board. Its wreckage finally will be discovered inglacial iceon Argentina'sTupungatomountain in 1998.
- August 3 – ATushino air paradein Moscow in the Soviet Union presents the newest Soviet jets including theYakovlev Yak-19,Lavochkin La-150,Lavochkin La-156,Lavochkin La-160,Sukhoi Su-9,andSukhoi Su-11,among others. TheTupolev Tu-4heavy bomber – a reverse-engineered copy of theBoeing B-29 Superfortress– also makes its first appearance, making Western analysts aware of its existence for the first time.
- August 4 – In an assessment of the defense of theIberian Peninsulafrom Soviet invasion if Soviet forces reached thePyrenees,the U.S.Joint Warfare Planning Committeereports that theSpanish Air Forcehas only 330 combat aircraft, all obsolete, and that thePortuguese Air Forceis small and also obsolete, and that they would face about 1,000 Soviet aircraft. It finds that a defense of the peninsula at the Pyrenees would require the deployment of 739 ground-based combat aircraft and nine aircraft carriers to the area.[30]
- August 5 – Awheel-well stowawayinside aKLMpistonaircraft survives a flight fromLisbon,Portugal toNatal,Brazil.[31]
- August 6 – AUnited States NavyPBY-5A Catalinaamphibiousflying boatcarrying anArmy-NavyAmerican footballteam disappears during a flight fromKodiak,Alaska, toDutch Harbor,Alaska. No wreckage or any sign of the 20 people on board is ever found.[32]
- August 9 –Douglas Aircraftceases production of theDouglas DC-4.
- August 10 –British European Airways(BEA) begins the world's first regular cargo-only airline service.
- August 15
- TheRoyal Pakistan Air Forceis formed.
- Copa Airlines,the national airline of Panama, begins flight operations.
- August 20 – Flying theDouglas D-558-1 Skystreak,U.S. NavyCommanderTurner F. Caldwellsets a new world air speed record of 640.796 mph (1,031.261 km/h) overMuroc,California, the first aircraft ever officially to exceedHeini Dittmar's October 2, 1941, unofficial record of 624 mph (1,004 km/h), set in aMesserschmitt Me 163Arocket fighter prototype.[33]
- August 23
- ABritish Overseas Airways CorporationShort S.25 Sandringham 6(registration G-AHZB) flying boat is damaged beyond repair in a hard landing at Bahrain Marine Air Base in Bahrain at the end of a flight fromKarachi,killing 10 of the 26 people on board.[34]
- TheAvro Tudor 2prototype,G-AGSU,crashes on take-off atWoodford, Greater Manchester,killingAvrochief designer Roy Chapman andtest pilotS. A. Thorn.[35]
- August 25 – Flying the Douglas Skystreak,United States Marine CorpsLieutenant ColonelMarion Carlachieves another world air speed record, reaching 650 mph (1,050 km/h).
- August 28 – TheNorwegian Air LinesShort S.25 Sandringham 6flying boatKvitbjørncrashesinto Kvammentinden mountain nearLødingeninVesterålen,Norway, killing all 35 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Norwegian history at the time.[36]
- August 29 – The U.S. Joint Warfare Planning Committee reports that in East Asia as of July 1 the Soviet Union has about 2,200 aircraft, increasing to 3,000 by 135 days after the start of war, opposed by 978 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces in East Asia and theTerritory of Alaska,212 British andBritish Empireaircraft in thetheater of war,and 480 operationalRepublic of China Air Forceaircraft.[37]
September
[edit]- September 6 – In an early test of the feasibility of fielding naval strategic missiles, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrierUSSMidway(CV-41)launches aV-2 rocketoff herflight deckwhile steaming in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda.[38]
- September 17 – TheUnited States Army Air Forcesare separated from theUnited States Armyand become an independent armed service, theUnited States Air Force.
- September 18 – TheUnited States Department of the Air Forceis created, andW. Stuart Symingtonbecomes the firstUnited States Secretary of the Air Force.[39]
- September 19 – AUnited States Air ForceDouglas C-54D-5-DC Skymastercrashes atRio de Ocono,Peru, after an in-flight fire during a flight fromEl Alto Airportin La Paz, Bolivia, toLimatambo AirportinLima,Peru, killing all 14 people on board.[40]
- September 23 – The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff recommend that theUnited States Governmentpass legislation authorizing theUnited States Armed Forcesto launch an atomic attack on the Soviet Union if one is required to prevent a Soviet atomic attack on the United States.[41]
- September 24 –Cyprus Airwaysis founded. Theflag carrierof Cyprus, it will begin flight operations inApril 1948.
- September 26 – GeneralCarl A. Spaatzbecomes the firstChief of Staff of the United States Air Force.[39]
- September 30 – The U.S. Joint Warfare Planning Committee reports that the Soviet Union lacks a strategic air force and poses no threat to the United States or Canada. It finds that the Soviets have about 100 heavy bombers that could reach Greenland and theAzoresif Soviet ground forces captured forward bases for them in Norway and Spain, and about 100 medium bombers capable of strikingBear Island,Spitsbergen,Jan Mayen,Iceland, and theFaeroe Islands.[42]
October
[edit]- TheInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) becomes an agency of the United Nations linked to theUnited Nations Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC).[10]
- The U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee predicts that the Soviet Union probably will have atomic bombs by 1951 or 1952, and that the major target for such weapons would be American atomic bomb plants and major American cities.[3]
- October 1
- Los Angeles Airwaysbegins the first scheduled carriage of airmail byhelicopter.
- George Welchallegedly breaks the sound barrier during a dive in theNorth American XP-86.The claim remains disputed.
- October 8 – A modifiedde Havilland Mosquitolaunches an expendable, unmanned, rocket-powered 30-percent-scale model of the cancelled BritishMiles M.52supersonic research aircraft at high altitude, planning for it to reachMach 1.370 seconds after launch, but the model explodes just after launch. A second flight will take place inOctober 1948and will be successful.
- October 14 – U.S. Air ForceCaptainChuck Yeagertakes the rocket-poweredBell X-1past thespeed of soundin the first controlled,supersonic,level flight. The flight, which achievesMach1.06, sets a new world air speed record of 807.2 mph (1,299.1 km/h). A few days later, the same aircraft sets a new world altitude record, reaching 21,372 meters (70,118 feet).[43]
- October 16 – ASociété Aérienne du LittoralBristol Type 170 Freighter I(registration F-BCJN) flying fromMarseille–Marignane AirportoutsideMarseille,France, toOran Es Sénia AirportoutsideEs Sénia,French Algeria,crashes into theMediterranean SeaoffCartagena,Spain, killing 41 of the 43 people on board.[44]
- October 24 –United Airlines Flight 608,aDC-6(NC37510) en route to Chicago from Los Angeles, catches fire and crashes while attempting an emergency landing at theBryce Canyon,Utah,airport, killing all 52 people aboard. American professional football playerJeff Burkettis among the dead.[5]It is the first crash of a DC-6 and the second-deadliest air crash in U.S. history at the time.
- October 26 – November 7 – Rhulin A. Thomas makes the first solo coast-to-coast flight by a deaf pilot. (Calbraith Perry Rodgerswas an earlier deaf pilot who flew coast-to-coast in 1911, but was supported by a team on the ground.)
- October 28 – ABeechcraft Bonanzacrashesin stormy weather southwest of Dog Lake in theFremont National ForestnearBly,Oregon, killing all four people on board, includingGovernor of OregonEarl Snell,Oregon Secretary of StateRobert S. Farrell, Jr.,andOregon State SenatePresidentMarshall E. Cornett.[5]
November
[edit]- November 2 – WithHoward Hughesat the controls, theHughes H-4 Hercules,also known as the "Spruce Goose," makes its first flight, traveling at 135 mph (217 km/h) for about a mile (1.6 km) at an altitude of 70 feet (21 meters) overLong Beach Harborin California with 32 people on board. Both the largestflying boatand the aircraft with the largestwingspan(319 feet 11 inches; 97.51 meters) ever built, it never flies again.
- November 28 – TheB-25 MitchellTailly IIcrashes inFrench Algeria60 kilometers (37 miles) north ofColomb-Béchar,killing all 13 people on board.French ArmyGeneralPhilippe Leclerc de Hauteclocqueand his staff are among the dead.[45]
December
[edit]- The U.S.Joint Chiefs of Staffnote that the U.S. Air Force has 33 strategic bombers capable of dropping atomic bombs, and that this will rise to 120 bombers in November 1948. They also note that the number of atomic bomb assembly teams will rise to three by June 1948 and seven by July 1949; each bomb requires two days to assemble. They call for the production of 400 atomic bombs by January 1, 1953.[46]
- December 1 – TheUnited States Marine Corpscommissions its first helicoptersquadron,Marine Experimental Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1).It is based atMarine Corps Air Station Quantico,Virginia.
- December 17 – In the first Israeli combat action using an aircraft in the1947–1949 Palestine war,pilotPinchas Ben-Poratand a gunner fromBeit Eshelremove the doors from anRWD 13for an improvised machine gun and hand grenade attack on aBedouinground force assaultingNevatim,successfully driving the raiders away.[47]
- December 27 – AnAir IndiaDouglas C-48C-DOcrashesintoKorangi Creekshortly after takeoff fromKarachi,Pakistan, killing all 23 people on board. It is the first fatal airline accident in Pakistan's history as an independent country.
First flights
[edit]- Aeronca Sedan
- Beriev LL-143, early prototype of theBeriev Be-6(NATO reporting name"Madge" )[48]
January
[edit]- January 8 –Yakovlev Yak-19
- January 15 –Kaman K-125[49]
- January 11 – McDonnell XF2H-1, prototype of theF2H Banshee[50]
February
[edit]- February 12 –Sikorsky S-52[51]
March
[edit]- Lavochkin La-156
- March 14 –Lockheed L-749 Constellation
- March 16 –Convair CV-240 Convairliner[52]
- March 17 – North American XB-45, prototype of theNorth American B-45 Tornado
April
[edit]- April 1 –Blackburn Firecrest
- April 2 –Convair XB-46[53]
- April 30 –Nord 2100 Norazur[54]
May
[edit]- May 19 –Tupolev Tu-4(NATO reporting name"Bull" )
- May 28
- Sukhoi Su-11 (1947),first aircraft with Soviet-designed jet engines
- Douglas Skystreak[55]
- May 30 –Boulton Paul Balliol
June
[edit]- Ilyushin Il-12(NATO reporting name"Coach" ) withAeroflot
- Lavochkin La-160,first Soviet swept-wing fighter
- Yakovlev Yak-15U, a prototype ofYak-17
- June 4 -Morane-Saulnier MS.600[56]
- June 10 -Arsenal Air 100[57]
- June 15 -SIPA S.901[58]
- June 22 –Martin XB-48[59]
- June 25 –Boeing B-50
- June 30
July
[edit]- July –PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV,firstramjet-powered aircraft
- July 8 –Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
- July 8 –Yakovlev Yak-23
- July 10 –Airspeed AmbassadorG-AGUA
- July 16 –Saunders-Roe SR.A/1TG263
- July 21 –Aero 45
- July 24 –Ilyushin Il-22
- July 27
- Tupolev Tu-12,first Soviet jet bomber
- Bristol Sycamore,first British helicopter
August
[edit]- August 9 –FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I[61]
- Mid-August –Miles M.71 Merchantman
- August 22 –Miles M.68
- August 29 –Nord 1500 Noréclair[62]
- August 31 –Antonov An-2( "Colt" )[63]
September
[edit]- Hodek HK-101[64][65][66]
- September 2 –Hawker P.1040VP401
- September 25 –Skyhook balloon
October
[edit]- October 1
- North American XP-86, prototype of theF-86 Sabre,byGeorge Welch[67]
- Beechcraft Model 34 Twin-Quad[68]
- October 10 –Arsenal O.101[69]
- October 21 –Northrop YB-49jet-poweredflying wing
- October 24 – Grumman XJR2F-1, prototype of the UF-1, laterHU-16,Albatross[70]
November
[edit]- November 2 –Hughes H-4 Hercules( "Spruce Goose" )
- November 2 –Yakovlev Yak-25 (1947)
- November 3 –Piper PA-15 Vagabond[71]
- November 17 –Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
- November 23 –Convair XC-99[72]
- November 24 – Grumman XF9F-2, prototype of theF9F-2 Panther[73]
December
[edit]- December 3 –Beriev Be-8(NATO reporting name"Mole" )[48]
- December 17 – Boeing XB-47, prototype of theB-47 Stratojet[74]
- December 30 – Mikoyan-Gurevich I-310, prototype of theMiG-15
Entered service
[edit]March
[edit]- Lockheed P2V Neptune(later P-2 Neptune) with theUnited States Navy[75]
April
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]October
[edit]- October 31 –Avro Tudor 4withBritish South American Airways
November
[edit]- McDonnell FH PhantomwithUnited States Marine CorpsMarine Fighter Squadron 122 (VMF-122),first deployment of a jet by a U.S. Marine Corps combat unit
- Republic F-84B Thunderjetwith theUnited States Air Force14th Fighter Group.
Retired
[edit]March
[edit]See also
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