SHORT AVIATION STORIES
1931
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
29 December 1931 – first flight of Grumman FF
On 29th December 1931, the Grumman FF biplane fighter aircraft performed its maiden flight. The October of 1929 was mainly marked by catastrophic collapse of American stock market, commonly known as the Great Crash and […]
AVIATION HISTORY
26 March 1931 – Swissair airline was formed
On 26th March 1931, two Swiss airlines – Ad Astra Aero (founded in 1919) and Balair (founded in 1925) – merged to create a new company named Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG / S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation […]