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| 1926 |
| | | Russian World War I pilot Sergey Ilyushin begins a distinguished career as an aircraft designer | |
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| 1927 |
| | | US aviator Charles Lindbergh, in his single-engine plane Spirit of St Louis, flies solo across the Atlantic from New York to Paris | |
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| 1929 |
| | | US explorer Richard E. Byrd and two companions make the first flight over the South Pole, in a Ford Tri-Motor | |
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| 1930 |
| | | English pioneer aviator Amy Johnson makes a 19-day solo flight in a Gipsy Moth from Croydon (part of London) to Darwin, Australia | |
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| 1931 |
| | | Geoffrey De Havilland designs the Tiger Moth, on which nearly all British pilots were trained during World War II | |
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| 1931 |
| | | The George Washington Bridge links New York with New Jersey, and is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 3500 feet (1066m) | |
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| 1932 |
| | | One of the defining landmarks of Sydney, in Australia, is opened – the single-span steel arch bridge across the city's harbour | |
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| 1932 |
| | | US aviator Amelia Earhart lands in Ireland 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland, to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic | |
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| 1935 |
| | | The mighty Boulder Dam (renamed Hoover Dam in 1947) is completed on the Colorado River | |
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| 1935 |
| | | US industrialist Howard Hughes sets a new speed record of 352 mph, flying a plane designed by himself | |
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