1925 in aviation

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Years in aviation:	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years:	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1925:

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 March 1.3 April 1.4 May 1.5 July 1.6 August 1.7 September 1.8 October 2 First flights 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 May 2.5 July 2.6 August 2.7 November 3 Entered service 3.1 May

[edit] Events

• In Germany, in-flight (silent) movies shown in commercial airliners for the first time.

[edit] January

• January 1 - French airline CIDNA is formed.

[edit] March

• March 1 - Ryan Airlines begins regular services

[edit] April

• April 13 - First scheduled airfreight service begins in the US
• April 15 - Ukvozdukhput begins services in the Ukraine

[edit] May

• May 1 - the Imperial Japanese Army Air Corps is established.

[edit] July

• July 13 - Western Air Express is founded.

[edit] August

• August 5 - Lloyd Aero Boliviano commences operations.

[edit] September

• September 2 - Zeppelin USS Shenandoah breaks up in a storm and crashes, killing fourteen.

[edit] October

• October 15 - a de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird is successfully launched from the British airship R.33
• October 18 - Sadi Lecointe wins the Beumont Cup, with a speed of 194 mph (312 km/h).
• October 26 - Schneider Trophy race flown at Baltimore, USA. Won by Jimmy Doolittle (USA) in a Curtiss R3C at 374.2 km/h (232.6 mph).

[edit] First flights

• Potez 25
• Aero A.11

[edit] January

• January 3 - Fairey Fox
• January 5 - Short Singapore

[edit] February

• Gloster Gamecock
• February 2 - De Havilland Moth
• May 10 - Armstrong Whitworth Atlas

[edit] March

• March 10 - Supermarine Southampton

[edit] May

• May 10 - Armstrong Whitworth Atlas

[edit] July

• July 6 - Douglas DAM
• July 7 - Boeing 40
• July 29 - Blériot 155

[edit] August

• August 24 - Supermarine S Series

[edit] November

• November 9 - Fairey Firefly (biplane)
• November 26 - Tupolev TB-1

[edit] Entered service

[edit] May

• May 15 - Junkers G.23 with Swedish Air Lines