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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1938: == Events == * Imperial Airways inaugurates scheduled service from London to Montreal. Pan American World Airways is banned from British airports out of fears that more advanced U.S. aircraft will drive Imperial out of the transatlantic market. * The National Trophy, the Harmon Trophy presented to the outstanding aviator for the year in each of the 21 member countries of the International League of Aviators, is awarded for the last time, although the annual award of the Harmon Trophy to the worlds outstanding aviator, aviatrix (female aviator), and aeronaut (balloon or dirigible aviator or aviatrix) continues. * The Imperial Japanese Navys air arm conducts a six-month bombing campaign against Hankow and other centers of Chinese resistance in central China.〔Peattie, Mark R., ''Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power 1909–1941'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-55750-432-6, p. 114.〕 * The Civil Aeronautics Authority is established in the United States and takes over operation of the air traffic control system.〔(A Chronological History of Coast Guard Aviation: The Early Years, 1915–1938 ).〕 * The Spanish Republicans attempt to develop an aircraft manufacturing industry. They build 169 copies of the Soviet Polikarpov I-15 fighter during 1938, but never use any of them in combat in the Spanish Civil War.〔Thomas, Hugh, ''The Spanish Civil War'', New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986, ISBN 978-0-671-75876-9, p. 864.〕 * Late 1938 – Under Japanese supervision, the Manshū Aircraft Company is formed in Harbin, Manchukuo.〔Francillon, René J., ''Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979, ISBN 978-0-87021-313-7, p. 21.〕 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「1938 in aviation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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