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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1949:

1 Events

• Aerolíneas Argentinas established.
• Royal Jordanian Air Force forms as the Arab League Air Force
• Republic of Korea Air Force forms
• Lebanese Air Force forms

January

• January 7January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining (359 in leap years). The day is Jinjitsu , in Japan. Events 1325 Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 France takes Calais, the last continental possession of - No. 208 Squadron RAF loses four Supermarine SpitfireThe Supermarine Spitfire was a single seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in World War II. The Spitfire's elliptical wings gave it a very distinctive look; their thin cross-section gave it speed; the brilliant design of Chief Designer Rs and a Hawker TempestThe Hawker Tempest was a RAF fighter aircraft of World War II, an improved derivative of the Hawker Typhoon, and one of the most powerful fighters used in the war. While Hawker and the RAF were struggling to turn the Typhoon into a useful aircraft, Hawker to Israeli Air ForceThe Israeli Air Force (IAF ( Hebrew: Heyl ha'Avir is the Air branch of the Israel Defense Force. History The IAF was formed when Israel achieved statehood in 1948 and found itself under immediate attack. The air force was at first assembled from a hodge-p fighters

February

• February 26February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years. Events 747 BC Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 1266 Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combi- March 2March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). There are 304 days remaining. Events 986 Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1717 The Loves of Mars and Venus became the first ballet performed in England. 1791 Long dista - B-50 SuperfortressThe Boeing B-50 Superfortress was basically a post- World War II revision of the wartime B-29 Superfortress with new, more powerful (3,500-HP Pratt & Whitney R-4360-35) engines and numerous other improvements. The original designation was B-29D but the de Lucky Lady II of the 43rd Bombardment Group , completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight from and to Davis-Monthan Air Force BaseDavis-Monthan Air Force Base (D-M) is a key US Air Combat Command installation, located within the city limits of Tucson, Arizona at 32°09'N 110°52'W. The 355th Wing is the host unit providing medical, logistical, and operational support to all D-M units., Tucson, Arizona. The 23,452 mile (37,742 km) journey takes 94 hours 1 minute.

April

• April 4 - NATO is formed
• April 20- 21 - a Short Sunderland flies medical personnel and supplies to HMS Amethyst, shelled by Chinese Communist forces on the Yangtze River.

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.