This is a list of aviation-related events from 1936:
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Events
January
- January 10 - Civil transport version of the Heinkel 111 bomber revealed in public for the first time at Berlin Tempelhof airport. Named Dresden, the He 111 V4 carried registration D-AHAO.
- January 13-January 14 - Howard Hughes makes record-breaking sprint across the country from Burbank, California to Newark, New Jersey in 9 hours, 26 minutes, 10 seconds at average speed of 259 mph. He utilizes a Northrop Gamma specially fitted with a 1,000 h.p. Wright SR-1820-G2 radial engine.
- January 17 - The USAAC orders 13 Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortresses, previously known by the manufacturer's designation, Model 299.
February
- British Marine Aircraft Ltd. was established at Hamble, Hampshire to produce Sikorsky S-42-A flying boats under licence in the United Kingdom but nothing came of this. The company subsequently became Folland Aircraft Limited.
- February 13 - Imperial Airways commences airmail services to West Africa
March
- March 23 - Imperial Airways begins scheduled flights between Hong Kong and Malaysia.
- March 28 - NACA begins operational use of newly-constructed 8-foot high speed tunnel (8-Foot HST) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley, Virginia.
April
- Aer Lingus - Ireland's national airline founded.
May
- May 4-7 - Amy Johnson sets a new England-South Africa speed record of 3 days 6 hours 26 minutes in a Percival Gull Six.
July
- July 14 - The British Royal Air Force is re-organised on functional grounds and RAF Fighter Command, RAF Bomber Command, RAF Coastal Command and RAF Training Command are established.
- July 20 - Twenty Junkers Ju 52s ferry Spanish Nationalist troops from Morocco to Spain in the world's first major military airlift.
September
- September 4-5 - Beryl Markham makes the first east-to-west solo crossing of the Atlantic by a woman in a Percival Vega Gull, from Abingdon, Berkshire to Cape Breton Island
- 11 September - TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls set a payload-to-altitude record: 5000 kg (11,023 lb) to 8116 m (26,627 ft).
- 16 September - TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls set a payload-to-altitude record: 10000 kg (22,046 lb) to 6605 m (21,670 ft).
- 20 September - TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls set a payload-to-altitude record: 12000 kg (26,455 lb) to 2700 m (8,858 ft).
October
- 28 October - TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls set a payload-to-altitude record: 5000 kg (11,023 lb) to 8980 m (29,462 ft).
December
- December 21 - Eddie August Schneider, Bert Acosta, and Frederic Ives Lord, as the Yankee Squadron, travel by ship to fight in the Spanish Civil War with the Loyalists.
- December 29 -Compania Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A.(CAUSA) founded on 29 December by the Uruguayan banker Luis J. Supervielle and Coronel Tydeo Larre Borges. Initial fleet was two Junkers JU 52 floaplanes for services between Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
First flights
January
- January 4 - Vought XSB2U-1 BuNo 9725
February
March
- March 4 - German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg
- March 5 - Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054
- March 10 - Fairey Battle prototype K4303
- March 17 - Armstrong Whitworth Whitley prototype K4586
May
June
- June 2 - LACAB GR.8
- June 15 - Vickers Wellington prototype K4049
- June 15 - Westland Lysander prototype K6127
- June 21 - Handley Page Hampden prototype K4240
- June 25 - Bristol Blenheim prototype K7033
- June 26 - Focke-Wulf Fw 61 D-EBVU, first fully-controllable helicopter
July
- July 3 - Short Empire prototype RMA Canopus
October
December
- December 13 -
PZL.37 Łoś - December 21 - Junkers Ju 88 V1 prototype D-AQEN
- December 22 - North American XB-21 s/n 38-485
Entered service
January
- Hawker Hind with the Royal Air Force
March
July
- Fairey Swordfish with No. 825 Squadron FAA
November
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