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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1933:
1 Events
January
- January 16 - Jean Mermoz and crew make a non-stop flight from SenegalThe Republic of Senegal is a country in western Africa south of Senegal River. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south. The Gambia forms a virtual enclave w 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. in 17 hours 27 minutes.
February
- February 6February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 328 days remaining, 329 in leap years. Events 337 Julius is elected pope. 1778 American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are- 8February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 326 days remaining, 327 in leap years. Events 421 Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed. 1622 King James I of Englan - Gayford and Nicholetts make the first non-stop flight from 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 to South AfricaSouth Africa is a republic at the southern tip of Africa. It is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the north-east by Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is contained entirely inside the borders of South Africa. South Africa is one o in a Fairey Long-Range Monoplane . The 5,309 mile (8,544 km) flight is a new distance record. They take 57 hours 25 minutes.
- February 6- 9February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 325 days remaining, 326 in leap years. Events 474 Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1621 Gregory XV becomes Pope. 1775 American Revolutionary War: English Parlia - Jim MollisonJames Allan ("Jim") Mollison ( 1905- 1959) was a famous Scottish pioneer airplane pilot. Born April 19, 1905 in Glasgow, Mollison was to set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s. In July-August 1931 Jim Mollison set a record flies a de Havilland Puss Moth from the United Kingdom to Brazil, via Senegal. He becomes the first person to fly solo across the North and South Atlantics.
- February 25 - USS Ranger, the US Navy's first ship designed from the outset as an aircraft carrier, is launched.
April
May
- May 7- 8 - Stanislaw Skarzynski flew the South Atlantic in a small single-seater tourist airplane, a RWD-5bis, in 20 hours 30 minutes, over a distance 3,582 km (2,238 miles). The RWD-5bis was the smallest plane to have ever flown the Atlantic (apart from a high-tech Rutan Voyager of 1986) - empty weight below 450 kg (990 lbs).
July
August
- August 5- 7 - Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes fly a Blériot 110 from New York to Rayal , Syria, establishing a new distance record of 9,104 km (5,657 miles).
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1933:
