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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1931: == Events == * Bert Hinkler flies a de Havilland Puss Moth from Canada to New York City, then non-stop 2,400 km (1,500 miles) to Jamaica, then on to British Guiana and Brazil. He then flies across the South Atlantic Ocean to West Africa in extremely bad weather, becoming the first person to fly across the South Atlantic solo and only the second person after Charles Lindbergh in 1927 to fly solo across the Atlantic. He completes his journey by flying from West Africa to London.〔(Australian Dictionary of Biography: Bert Hinkler )〕 For the flight, he receives the Segrave Trophy, the Johnston Memorial Prize, and the Britannia Trophy for the most meritorious flying performance of the year. * Manufacturer Airspeed Ltd founded in York, England. * Alexander Seversky founds the Seversky Aircraft Corporation.〔Angelucci, Enzo, ''The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present'', New York: Orion Books, 1987, ISBN 0-517-56588-9, p. 382.〕 * Watanabe Iron Works, the ancestor of the Kyūshū Airplane Company Ltd., begins to manufacture aircraft.〔Francillon, René J., ''Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979, ISBN 0-87021-313-X, p. 22.〕 * First Bendix trophy race. * The Imperial Japanese Navy decides to abolish its airship units and phase airships out of the fleet over the next few years.〔Peattie, Mark R., ''Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power 1909-1941'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2001, ISBN 1-55750-432-6, p. 16.〕 * In New York City, the Empire State Building is completed, topped with a 200-foot (61-meter) mooring mast for airships. Plans to disembark airship passengers prove impractical, and the mast is never used except for a single three-minute contact by the United States Navy blimp ''J-4''.〔Polmar, Norman, "Ships That Were Lighter Than Air," ''Naval History'', June 2011, p. 19.〕 * U.S. Army Second Lieutenant William A. Cooke sets world gliding records for endurance and distance, flying an estimated 600 statute miles (966 km) in 21 hours 34 minutes 15 seconds at Wheeler Field, Territory of Hawaii.〔(Aviation Hawaii: 1930-1939 Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii )〕 * Summer 1931 – Transcontinental and Western Air moves its headquarters from New York City to Kansas City, Missouri.〔(TWA History Timeline )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1931 in aviation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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