1949 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1949:
Events
January
February
April
May
- the United States Marine Corps practices deploying by helicopter for the first time, in Exercise Packard III.
- May 11 - No. 28 Squadron RAF flies from Malaya to Hong Kong to help reinforce the island against Communist forces on mainland China.
- May 19 - a JRM Mars sets a new record of 308 for the largest number of people to be carried on a single aircraft.
- May 21 - a Sikorsky S-52 sets a new helicopter altitude record of 21,200 ft (6,468 m).
August
- August 23 - BOAC commences its first services to the Far East to be flown entirely by landplanes.
September
- September 30 - the Berlin Airlift officially ends, with 2,325 tons (2,362 tonnes) of food and supplies having been flown into the city. The final flight is made a week later.
November
- November 18 - a Douglas C-74 Loadmaster carries 103 passengers and crew over the North Atlantic, the largest number to have made the crossing in a single flight.
First flights
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March
April
May
June
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September
November
Entered service
April
May
