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| 1936 |
| | | The prototype of the Spitfire, designed by Reginald Mitchell, has its first test flight | |
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| 1937 |
| | | The Golden Gate Bridge, linking San Francisco and Marin County, is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 4200 feet (1280m) | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Rocket engineer Wernher von Braun is appointed director of Germany's weapon research centre at Peenemünde | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) builds the Burma Road as a supply route | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Lord Nuffield donates to Commonwealth hospitals 'iron lungs', built at his Morris Oxford factory, | |
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| 1939 |
| | | US designer Igor Sikorsky tests the first practical helicopter, using a rotor on a long tail boom to counter torque | |
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| 1939 |
| | | British racing driver Malcolm Campbell sets a new water speed record of 141 mph | |
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| 1939 August 27 |
| | | The He-178, designed by Hans von Ohain, becomes the first jet engine to fly, with a test flight lasting five minutes | |
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| 1940 November 25 |
| | | The de Havilland Mosquito, a multi-purpose wooden aeroplane widely used by the RAF in World War II, makes its first flight | |
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| 1941 |
| | | The US army invests in a significant new vehicle, placing an order for 16,000 jeeps | |
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