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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1921:
[edit] Events
- Boeing wins a $1,448,000 contract to build 200 Thomas-Morse MB-3 fighters for the US Army, allowing the company to abandon furniture-making.
- June 8 - the US Army carries out the first experiments in cabin pressurisation, using a de Havilland DH.4.
- June 13 - the US Army and Navy begin trials in Chesapeake Bay to test the effectiveness of aircraft in attacking ships. The captured German destroyer G-102, light cruiser Frankfurt and battleship Ostfriesland will all be successfully sunk by aerial bombing.
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
- The 6th Salon d'Aeronautique is held in Paris. The Breguet 19 is unveiled.
- November 5 - Curtiss test pilot Bert Acosta wins the Pulitzer Trophy in a Curtiss CR-2 and establishes a new closed-circuit airspeed record of 284.36 km/h (176.7 mph).
[edit] December
[edit] First flights
[edit] Entered service
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