Aviation World 2021 'Wish List'
Jun 26, 2020 10:57:27 GMT
Post by Paul Jackson on Jun 26, 2020 10:57:27 GMT
2021 Anniversaries
The 25th, 50th, 75th or 100th anniversaries of the occurrences below are possible candidates for commemoration in Aviation World during 2021. By no means is the list exhaustive; certain events have been omitted because they have been already ‘done to death’.
Members are invited to contribute illustrated articles on the named subjects—and, of course, anything else relevant and original taking their fancy. Coverage and length are variable. For example, the first suggested article need not be a multi-part, day-by-day account of the last 75 years, but might concentrate just on planning and construction, and end in January 1946.
Winter 2020 edition (deadline October 2020)
1 Jan 1946 Heath Row handed over (opened 31 May)
1 Jan 1946 Formation of BEA within BOAC; autonomous 1 Aug
19 Jan 1946 Bell X-1 first glide
22 Jan 1971 RAF Puma first delivery
6 Feb 1946 TWA first overseas flight (Paris)
22 Feb 1921 US coast-to-coast air mail started
28 Feb 1946 F-84 f/f
Spring 2021 edition (deadline January 2021)
1 Mar 1921 Orly airport opened
1 Mar 1971 Trident 3 introduced with BEA
4 Mar 1946 BEA begins operations
8 Mar 1946 Bell 47 gains Type Cert (first for helicopter)
16 Mar 1996 MiG-AT f/f
19 Mar 1921? A&AEE formation
21 Mar 1971 Westland Lynx f/f
26 Mar 1971 CASA 212 f/f
31 Mar 1921 (R)AAF formed
31 Mar 1921 Croydon officially opened
4 Apr 1996 Extra 400 f/f
17 Apr 1971 FedEx formed
25 Apr 1996 Yak-130 f/f
17 May 1946 XB-43 f/f (first US jet bomber)
Summer 2021 edition (deadline April)
1 Jun 1946 PanAm Constellation services into LAP
1 Jun 1946 Central African Airlines formed
8 Jun 1921 Cairo-Baghdad air mail inaugurated
14 Jul 1971 VFW 614 f/f
24 Jul 1996 Nimrod 2000 selected for RAF
20 Jul 71 Mitsubishi T-2 f/f
27 Jul 1946 Supermarine Attacker f/f
Jul-Sep 1921 Billy Mitchell’s ship-bombing trials
? Aug 1996 Gippsland Airvan f/f
6 Aug 1971 Sea Vixen – last squadron disbands
8 Aug 1946 B-36 f/f
24 Aug 1921 R 38 airship crashed
Autumn 2021 edition (deadline July)
12 Sep 1946 SBAC display re-starts (Radlett)
30 Sep 1971 AEW.2 Shackleton f/f
11 Oct 1996 Global Express f/f
21 Oct 1996 Aeroprakt-22 f/f
5 Nov 1996 Wichita-built Hawker 800 f/f
11 Nov 1946 SO6000 Triton f/f (first French jet)
13 Nov 1946 First cloud-seeding in USA
16 Nov 1946 Saab Scania f/f
19 Nov 1996 Hawker Horizon project announced
Winter 2022 edition (deadline October)
3-16 Dec 1971 Indo-Pakistan war (formation of Bangladesh)
31 Dec 1946 Miles M.52 cancelled
Please communicate to the editor your interest in contributing these, or other, articles
pauljackson@air-britain.co.uk
The 25th, 50th, 75th or 100th anniversaries of the occurrences below are possible candidates for commemoration in Aviation World during 2021. By no means is the list exhaustive; certain events have been omitted because they have been already ‘done to death’.
Members are invited to contribute illustrated articles on the named subjects—and, of course, anything else relevant and original taking their fancy. Coverage and length are variable. For example, the first suggested article need not be a multi-part, day-by-day account of the last 75 years, but might concentrate just on planning and construction, and end in January 1946.
Winter 2020 edition (deadline October 2020)
1 Jan 1946 Heath Row handed over (opened 31 May)
1 Jan 1946 Formation of BEA within BOAC; autonomous 1 Aug
19 Jan 1946 Bell X-1 first glide
22 Jan 1971 RAF Puma first delivery
6 Feb 1946 TWA first overseas flight (Paris)
22 Feb 1921 US coast-to-coast air mail started
28 Feb 1946 F-84 f/f
Spring 2021 edition (deadline January 2021)
1 Mar 1921 Orly airport opened
1 Mar 1971 Trident 3 introduced with BEA
4 Mar 1946 BEA begins operations
8 Mar 1946 Bell 47 gains Type Cert (first for helicopter)
16 Mar 1996 MiG-AT f/f
19 Mar 1921? A&AEE formation
21 Mar 1971 Westland Lynx f/f
26 Mar 1971 CASA 212 f/f
31 Mar 1921 (R)AAF formed
31 Mar 1921 Croydon officially opened
4 Apr 1996 Extra 400 f/f
17 Apr 1971 FedEx formed
25 Apr 1996 Yak-130 f/f
17 May 1946 XB-43 f/f (first US jet bomber)
Summer 2021 edition (deadline April)
1 Jun 1946 PanAm Constellation services into LAP
1 Jun 1946 Central African Airlines formed
8 Jun 1921 Cairo-Baghdad air mail inaugurated
14 Jul 1971 VFW 614 f/f
24 Jul 1996 Nimrod 2000 selected for RAF
20 Jul 71 Mitsubishi T-2 f/f
27 Jul 1946 Supermarine Attacker f/f
Jul-Sep 1921 Billy Mitchell’s ship-bombing trials
? Aug 1996 Gippsland Airvan f/f
6 Aug 1971 Sea Vixen – last squadron disbands
8 Aug 1946 B-36 f/f
24 Aug 1921 R 38 airship crashed
Autumn 2021 edition (deadline July)
12 Sep 1946 SBAC display re-starts (Radlett)
30 Sep 1971 AEW.2 Shackleton f/f
11 Oct 1996 Global Express f/f
21 Oct 1996 Aeroprakt-22 f/f
5 Nov 1996 Wichita-built Hawker 800 f/f
11 Nov 1946 SO6000 Triton f/f (first French jet)
13 Nov 1946 First cloud-seeding in USA
16 Nov 1946 Saab Scania f/f
19 Nov 1996 Hawker Horizon project announced
Winter 2022 edition (deadline October)
3-16 Dec 1971 Indo-Pakistan war (formation of Bangladesh)
31 Dec 1946 Miles M.52 cancelled
Please communicate to the editor your interest in contributing these, or other, articles
pauljackson@air-britain.co.uk