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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1928: Events January February March April - The Imperial Japanese Navy begins to experiment with coordinated torpedo attacks by aircraft and surface ships. It will not abandon the concept as impractical until the mid-1930s.[9]
- April 1 – The Imperial Japanese Navy forms its first seagoing aircraft carrier organization, the First Carrier Division.[10]
- April 13 – The first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west is made by Hermann K hl, Ehrenfried G nther Freiherr von H nefeld, and Major James Fitzmaurice in a Junkers W.33 named Bremen.
- April 14 – In the Breguet 19 G.R. Nungesser-Coli, the French aviators Dieudonn Costes and Joseph Le Brix complete a round-the-world flight they had begun on October 10, 1927, traveling 57,410 km (35,652 miles) with a total flying time of 350 hours, although they have covered the segment between San Francisco, California, and Tokyo, Japan, aboard ship.[11] Their route has taken them from Paris to Senegal, Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Japan, India, Greece, and back to Paris, and has included the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic Ocean and flights to every country in South America.[12]
- April 27 – Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) General Alessandro Guidoni is killed at Montecelio, Italy, when a new model of parachute he personally is testing fails. In 1937, the town and surrounding comune will be renamed Guidonia Montecelio in his honor.
May June July August September October November December First flights January March April May June July September November December Entered service January May August December References cs:1928 v letectv fr:1928 en a ronautique ja:1928 ru:1928 vi:H ng kh ng n m 1928
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