Airline history from 1926, this page lists 36 airline related events from 1926.
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36 dates in airline history from 1926:
January 06, 1926
Deutsche Luft Hansa was founded in Berlin by the merger of Deutscher Aero Llyod and Junkers Luftverkehr (>Lufthansa). View airlines from Germany.
January 25, 1926
Stinson Detroiter first flight. View airlines from USA.
February 03, 1926
The Aero Corporation of California was formed. View airlines from USA.
February 15, 1926
Ford Air Transport Service became the first U. S. private air carrier to operate a contract airmail (CAM) route. View airlines from USA.
March 01, 1926
Western Canada Airways was established. View airlines from Canada.
March 01, 1926
First flight of the Travel Air 5000. View airlines from USA.
March 01, 1926
First flight of the Fokker Super Universal. View airlines from Netherlands.
March 03, 1926
Air Service to Red Lake, Ontario began. JV Elliot and AH Farringtron of Elliot Air Service flew two Curtiss JN-4 s with a passenger in each from Hudson to Red Lake, Ontario. View airlines from Canada.
March 16, 1926
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy first flight. View airlines from United Kingdom.
March 27, 1926
Clifford A. Ball, a McKeesport, Pennsylvania, automobile dealer and owner of a controlling interest in Bettis Field near Pittsburgh, won airmail contract route No. 11. View airlines from USA.
April 01, 1926
Società Italiana Servizi Aerei (>Ala Littoria) began operations linking Trieste, Venice, Pavia, and Turin with CANT 10 flying boats. View airlines from Italy.
April 06, 1926
Varney Air Lines flew the first Contract Air Mail flight from Boise, Idaho, to the railroad mail hub at Pasco, Washington (>UAL). View airlines from USA.
April 10, 1926
Lindberg became chief pilot for Robertson Aircraft Corp., flying a Saint Louis to Chicago mail route. View airlines from USA.
April 15, 1926
Charles Lindbergh of Robertson Aircraft started Contract Air Mail service over route CAM-2 from Lambert Field to Chicago, with stops in Springfield, Illinois and Peoria, Illinois. View airlines from USA.
April 17, 1926
Western Air Express began operations with flights between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles (>Western Airlines >Delta). View airlines from USA.
April 19, 1926
Pitcairn Aviation (>Eastern Air Lines) was formed. View airlines from USA.
May 12, 1926
Airship Norge was the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. The expedition was the brainchild of polar explorer Roald Amundsen. View airlines from Norway.
May 11th, 1926
NAT (National Air Transport began air service, between Chicago and Dallas, via Kansas City, Mo. (^UAL). View airlines from USA.
May 23, 1926
Western Air Express (WAE) became one of the first U.S. airlines to offer regular passenger service. View airlines from USA.
May 31, 1926
Colorado Airways first flight (>Delta Airlines). View airlines from USA.
June 11, 1926
The first flight of the Ford Trimotor, an all-metal monoplane known affectionately as the “Tin Goose". View airlines from USA.
June 16, 1926
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy entered Service with Imperial Airways. View airlines from United Kingdom.
June 24, 1926
The first scheduled flights to Chişinău restarted on the route Bucharest – Galaţi – Chişinău and Iaşi, operated by CFRNA (Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne). View airlines from France.
July 01, 1926
Colonial Air Transport flew U.S. airmail commercial route CAM-1 for the 1st time. View airlines from USA.
July 16, 1926
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company inaugurated the first daily passenger air service between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.. View airlines from USA.
July 16, 1926
Imperial Airways introduces the three-engine Armstrong Whitworth Argosy on the London Croydon – Paris Le Bourget route. View airlines from United Kingdom.
August 02, 1926
The Ford Tri-Motor, affectionately known as the "Tin Goose", was the largest civil aircraft in America when it started passenger service with Stout Air Services. View airlines from USA.
August 09, 1926
The Focke-Wulf GL 18 first flew and was used by Deutsche Luft Hansa until 1932. View airlines from Germany.
September 01, 1926
Northwest Airlines was founded by Colonel Lewis Brittin, under the name Northwest Airways (>>Delta Air Lines). View airlines from USA.
September 15, 1926
Pacific Air Transport, founded in Jan1926, commenced operations (=UAL). View airlines from USA.
October 10, 1926
Northwest Airways began service as a contract mail carrier, carrying air mail from the Twin Cities to Chicago (>Delta Air Lines). View airlines from USA.
November 13, 1926
ALI (Avio Linee Italiane) was founded in Rome (>Alitalia). View airlines from Italy.
December 3rd, 1926
Western Australian Airways changed its name to West Australian Airways (. >Ansett). View airlines from Australia.
December 07, 1926
A Stinson Detroiter being delivered to Canadian Air Express was the first airplane inspected (and passed) by the Federal Government. View airlines from Canada.
December 10, 1926
Western Canada Airways was incorporated, with headquarters in Winnipeg (>Air Canada). View airlines from Canada.
December 28, 1926
Imperial Airways began England-India mail and passenger service.. View airlines from United Kingdom.