1918 in Aviation - Events

Events

  • The Imperial Japanese Navy establishes its first lighter-than-air aviation unit.
  • The naval aviation branch of the Chilean Army's air corps receives its first aircraft.
  • The Eberhart Steel Products Company is founded in Buffalo, New York. It specializes in manufacturing airplane parts and aeronautical equipment, and will begin to produce airplanes in 1920.
  • Kawasaki Heavy Industries Company Ltd. organizes an aircraft division.
  • Spring 1918 – Three Imperial Japanese Navy Farman-type seaplanes fly nonstop from Yokosuka to Sakai, Japan, stretching the navy's aviation distance capabilities. The cities are 391 km (243 statute miles) apart.
  • The French Army's Service Aeronautique employs four Breguet 14S air ambulances for casualty evacuation along the Aisne Front. Each aircraft can accommodate two stretcher cases.

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