1932 in aviation
overview of aviation-related events during the year of 1932
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1932:
Events
The Canadian Siskins aerobatic team is retired.
James Work founds the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.
Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth buys a 1928 de Havilland DH.60X Moth (G-EBWD), which he bases at Old Warden airfield in Bedfordshire, England. It remains there as of 2012, the longest continuous base for a single aircraft in aviation history.
The French Army's Aéronautique Militaire retires the last of its Breguet 14 aircraft. The Breguet 14 had been in service since 1917.
The United States Department of Commerce's Aeronautics Branch (predecessor of the Federal Aviation Administration) issues a transport pilot license issued to C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson. Anderson is believed to be the first African American to receive a United States Government transport pilot license.
The planned eighth Ford National Reliability Air Tour is cancelled. The Great Depression has placed severe financial pressure on municipal budgets, leaving cities and towns that might have hosted pilots participating in the air tour without the funds to host them or to maintain the airports the tour would have used.
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