1948 in aviation

Summary

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1948:

Years in aviation: 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years: 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951

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  • Aerocar International begins design and development of a flying automobile designed by Moulton Taylor.[8]
  • Closed from 1941 to 1945 because of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II and reopened in 1945 only to cargo and mail flights, Leningrad′s Shosseynaya Airport (the future Pulkovo Airport) finally reopens to scheduled passenger service.
  • February 16 – A U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee study forecasts that by 1957 the Soviet Union will have the atomic bomb and a long-range strategic air force and will be able to inflict substantial damage on the United States with the use of atomic, chemical, and biological weapons.[9]
  • February 18 – The Spanish airline Aviaco is formed as an air freight company operating six Bristol 170s.

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Cover of the 1948 Farnborough Airshow programme

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  • November 15 – El Al is incorporated and becomes Israel's national airline.
  • November 20 – An Israeli Air Force F-51 Mustang of 101 Squadron flown by a former United States Army Air Forces pilot shoots down a Royal Air Force Mosquito PR.34 photographic reconnaissance aircraft on a mission to photograph Israeli airfields, killing the Mosquito's two-man crew. The Israeli acquisition of Mustangs surprises the British and prompts them to suspend Mosquito reconnaissance flights over Palestine.[42]
  • November 30 – The U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee reports that as of August 1, 1948, the Soviet Air Force has 500,000 men and 15,000 aircraft and could deploy an additional 5,000 combat aircraft by six months after the beginning of a war. It forecasts that the Soviet Union will have a growing number of atomic bombs after 1950 with 20 to 50 available by 1956 or 1957, and that by 1957 the Soviet Air Force will be capable of attacking the continental United States and Canada.[4]

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  1. ^ Ross 1996, pp. 11–12.
  2. ^ Ross 1996, p. 12.
  3. ^ Isenberg 1993, p. 113.
  4. ^ a b Ross 1996, p. 104.
  5. ^ "Accident Description (19480106-0)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
  6. ^ a b "Accident Description (19480107-0)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
  7. ^ "Accident Description (19480120-0)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
  8. ^ Mondey 1978, p. 66.
  9. ^ Ross 1996, p. 103.
  10. ^ a b c Ross 1996, p. 106.
  11. ^ "March 1948 crash near Heathrow at the Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Donald 1997, p. 87.
  13. ^ a b "Aviation Hawaii: 1940–1949 Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii". hawaii.gov.
  14. ^ Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description
  15. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 342.
  16. ^ a b Wooldridge, E. T., "History of the Flying Wing: The Northrop Bombers," century-of-flight.net, undated.
  17. ^ Polmar, Norman (October 2011). "Historic Aircraft: The God of the Sea's Namesake". Naval History. p. 16.
  18. ^ Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description
  19. ^ O'Connor, Derek (November 2014). "Spitfire vs. Spitfire". Aviation History. p. 56.
  20. ^ Anonymous, "Lou Lenart. 94, Pilot Who 'Saved Tel Aviv'," Military History, January 2016, p. 11.
  21. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 12.
  22. ^ Isenberg 1993, p. 114.
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  25. ^ Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description
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  27. ^ Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description
  28. ^ Donald 1997, p. 74.
  29. ^ Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description
  30. ^ Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description
  31. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 343.
  32. ^ Ross 1996, pp. 13–4.
  33. ^ "12 Killed at Air Display". The Times. No. 51181. London. September 20, 1948. col F, p. 4.
  34. ^ Ingleton, Roy (2010). Kent Disasters. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. pp. 117–9.
  35. ^ "4 Including Movie Jeweler, Cartoonist Killed in Plane Crash at Newhall Airport". scvhistory.com. Santa Clarita, CA: SCVTV.
  36. ^ Davis, Carolyn N. "Joseff of Hollywood". guyotbrothers.com. Attleboro, MA: Guyot Brothers.
  37. ^ TWA History Timeline Archived April 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  38. ^ "Accident description (19481020-0)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved November 18, 2014. Reliable contemporary British reports, e.g. The Times newspaper (October 1948) and the Court of Investigation report (November 1949), cite the accident as occurring early on October 21.
  39. ^ Dwight, Margaret L.; Sewell, George A. (2009). Mississippi Black History Makers. Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-60473-390-7.
  40. ^ Fannin, Caroline M.; Gubert, Betty Kaplan; Sawyer, Miriam (2001). Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-57356-246-1.
  41. ^ Williams, Albert E. (2003). Black Warriors: Unique Units and Individuals. Haverford, Pennsylvania: Infinity Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7414-1525-7.
  42. ^ O'Connor, Derek, "Spitfire vs. Spitfire," Aviation History, November 2014, pp. 56–57.
  43. ^ Hammel, Eric, Six Days in June: How Israel Won the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992, ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 130.
  44. ^ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 12. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979.
  45. ^ Appelbaum, Yoni, "Yes, Virginia, There Is a NORAD," theatlantic.com, December 24, 2015.
  46. ^ de Narbonne January 2008, p. 76.
  47. ^ Archive 1993 No. 4, p. 78.
  48. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 179.
  49. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 274.
  50. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 1486.
  51. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 72c.
  52. ^ de Narbonne June 2008, p. 76.
  53. ^ de Narbonne June 2008, p. 77.
  54. ^ de Narbonne June 2008, p. 78.
  55. ^ de Narbonne June 2008, p. 79.
  56. ^ Mondey 1978, p. 55.
  57. ^ a b de Narbonne July 2008, p. 78.
  58. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 302.
  59. ^ Carbonel 2022, p. 86.
  60. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 99.
  61. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 448.
  62. ^ Bernier, Robert (July 2012). "Ensign Eliminator". Aviation History. p. 15.
  63. ^ de Narbonne October 2008, p. 77.
  64. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 304.
  65. ^ de Narbonne October 2008, p. 79.
  66. ^ de Narbonne November 2008, p. 77.
  67. ^ de Narbonne November 2008, p. 79.
  68. ^ Donald 1997, p. 98.
  69. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 340.
  70. ^ Donald 1997, p. 272.
  71. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 157.
  72. ^ Angelucci 1987, pp. 429–93.
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  • de Narbonne, Roland (January 2008). "Janvier 1948, dans l'aéronautique française: Un très beau bébé, le Jodel D.9". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 458. pp. 76–77.
  • de Narbonne, Roland (June 2008). "Juin 1948, dans l'aéronautique française: Enfin des matériels nouveaux". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 463. pp. 76–79.
  • de Narbonne, Roland (July 2008). "Juillet 1948, dans l'aéronautique française: Trop vite, trop tôt, le NC 211 "Cormoran"". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 464. pp. 76–79.
  • de Narbonne, Roland (October 2008). "Octobre 1948, dans l'aéronautique française: NC 1071, SE 3000, encore deux prototypes sans suite...". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 467. pp. 76–79.
  • de Narbonne, Roland (November 2008). "Novembre 1948, dans l'aéronautique française: SO 6020 "Espadon", SE 1010, deux avions prometteurs aux des tins brisés...". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 468. pp. 76–79.
  • "Paris Salon 1946 – The Outcome". Archive. No. 3. Air-Britain. 1993. pp. 77–80.
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