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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1931:

1 Events

• Manufacturer Airspeed Ltd founded in York, England.

January

• January 6January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 359 days remaining (360 in leap years). Events 871 Alfred of England defeats the Danes in the Battle of Ashdown 1066 Harold Godwinson crowned King of England 1205 Philip of Swabia b - Gen Italo BalboItalo Balbo (1896-1940) was an Italian aviator, blackshirt leader and possible successor of Mussolini. Italo Balo was born in Quartesana, Italy in June 6, 1896. During the World War One he served in Alpine troops and earned one bronze and two silver medal leads the first formation flight across the South Atlantic. Twelve Savoia-Marchetti S.55 s fly from Portuguese GuineaPortuguese Guinea was the name for what is today Guinea-Bissau from 1446 to September 10, 1974. Though the country had claimed the area four years earlier, Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristao sailed around the coast of West Africa, reaching the Guinea area i to BrazilThis article is about Brazil, the country. For other article subjects named Brazil see Brazil (disambiguation). The Federative Republic of Brazil Republica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America..

February

• February 26February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years. Events 747 BC Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 1266 Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combi - Imperial AirwaysImperial Airways was an early British commercial air transport company, operating from 1924 to 1939. Created following the advice of the government Hambling Committee in 1923 — that the main existing aircraft companies should be merged to create a company begins scheduled services between EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England and Africa using Armstrong Whitworth Argosy s

March

• March 26 - Swissair is formed by the merger of Ad Astra Aero and Balair .
• March 27 - the crash of a TWA Fokker F.10 at Bazaar, Kansas prompts the first grounding of an aircraft type. The grounding was ordered by the US Department of Commerce.

May

• May 27, Swiss professor August Piccard and his assistant Kipfer take a stratosphere-balloon to 15,781 m, starting in Augsburg and landing on a glacier in Austria.

June

• June 23- July 1, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty fly around the world in a Lockheed Vega, the Winnie Mae, covering 15,474 miles in 8 days 15 hours 51 minutes - a new record.

July

• July 22- September 1 - Sir Alan Cobham and crew make a 19,800 km (12,300 mile) return flight between England and the Belgian Congo in a Short Valetta .

August

• August 29, the Graf Zeppelin pioneers the air route between Germany and Brazil.

September

• September 13 - the United Kingdom wins the Schneider Trophy outright. Lt. John Boothman completes the course at Calshot Spit in a Supermarine S.6B at 547.297 km/h (340.1 mph).

October

• October 1 - KLM begins a regular service between Amsterdam and Batavia by Fokker F.XII . At 13,744 km (8,540 miles) this is the longest regular air route in the world at the time.
• October 3- 5 - Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pangborn make the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean, from Samushiro Beach , Japan, to Wenatchee, Washington in 41 hours in a Bellanca Skyrocket .

November

• November 2 - US Marine Corps squadrons VS-15M and VS-14M embark on USS Lexington and USS Saratoga, the first time Marine Corps squadrons are assigned to aircraft carriers.

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