The Syrian airfield prepare for reception of military aircraft of China
The latest news about fast emergence in borders of Syria of navy of China encouraged Syrians and res[...]
. 1932
JANUARY 1—31 Over Winslow, Arizona,
bombers of the 11th Bombardment Squadron drop supplies and relief packages to snowbound Navajo and Hopi Indians. The squadron receives the Mackay Trophy for their humanitarian efforts.
JANUARY 11 Major Hugh J. Knerr proposes to establish a basic Air Corps transportation service with air depots based at Sacramento, California; San Antonio, Texas; Fairchild, Ohio; and Middletown, Pennsylvania.
MARCH 20 Boeing displays its XP-936 fighter plane, the first all-metal monoplane aircraft evaluated by the Army Air Corps. It enters service as the P-26 Peashooter, being the last Army pursuit craft with an open cockpit, fixed landing gear, and external wing-wire bracing.
MARCH 24 The Army Air Corps, delighted by the success rate of the Nor – den Mark XV bombsight in tests held the previous fall, requests 25 such devices for further evaluation.
MAY 9 Over Patterson, Ohio, Army captain Albert F. Hegenberger completes a 15-minute blind, solo flight in a “hooded” Consolidated NY-2; he wins the Collier Trophy for his effort.
AUGUST 31 Over Freyburg, Maine, an aircraft flown by Captain A. W. Stevens and Lieutenant C. D. McAllister reaches an altitude of five miles to help photograph a solar eclipse.
September 3 At Cleveland, Ohio, Major James H. Doolittle pilots the dangerous Granville GeeBee Racer to 294 miles per hour, setting a new land aircraft speed record.
September 21 At March Field, California, a Curtiss Condor bomber carries scientists from the California Institute of Technology skyward to measure the
intensity of cosmic rays from high altitude. The aircraft are assigned from the 11th Bombardment Squadron of Lieutenant Colonel Henry H. Arnold.