1928 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1928:

Table of contents

1 Events
2 First flights
3 Entered service

Events

May 15 - Royal Flying Doctor Service, Australia, commenced operations on operating from Cloncurry.
May 31-June 9 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Ulm, Lyon and Warner flew the Southern Cross, a modified Fokker Trimotor from San Francisco to Brisbane - the first crossing of the Pacific Ocean by air.
June 17 - Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
July 12 - Emilio Carranza crashes in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey while returning from New York City to Mexico City on a historic goodwill flight.