1925 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1925.
Events
- In the United Kingdom, the first Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadrons are formed.[1]
- The Eberhart Steel Products Company of Buffalo, New York, forms an aircraft design and manufacturing subsidiary, the Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company.[2]
- Summer 1925 – Two Breguet 19 G.R. aircraft owned by the Japanese Asahi Shimbun newspaper group fly from Tokyo, Japan, to Paris, France.[3]
January
February
- February 3-4 – In a Breguet 19 G.R., the French aviators Lemaître and Ludovic Arrachart set a world distance record, flying 3,166 km (1,967 miles) from Étampes, Paris, France, to Villa Cisneros, Spanish Sahara.[4]
- February 12 – Sabena establishes the first airline connection between Belgium snd the Belgian Congo.[5]
March
- March 1 - Ryan Airline Company begins regular services.
April
- April - First in-flight movie shown on a scheduled flight: First National's The Lost World on Imperial Airways service from London to the continent.[6]
- April 13 - First scheduled airfreight service begins in the US.
- April 15 - Ukvozdukhput begins services in the Ukraine.
May
- May 1 - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Corps is established under the command of Lieutenant General Kinichi Yasumitsu. It has 3,700 personnel and about 500 aircraft.[7]
June
- June 20 - Off New England, a United States Coast Guard Vought UO-1 becomes the first aircraft to pursue a rum-runner.[8]
- June 24 - Off New England, a United States Coast Guard Vought UO-1 becomes the first aircraft to assist in the capture of a rum-runner.[8]
July
- July 13 - Western Air Express is founded.
August
- August 5 – Lloyd Aero Boliviano commences operations.
- August 31 – U.S. Navy Commander John Rodgers and his crew take off from San Francisco, California in a PN-9 flying boat in an attempt to make the first transpacific flight from North America to the Hawaiian Islands. They are forced down in the Pacific Ocean on September 1 after flying 1,841.12 statute miles (2,964.77 km) nonstop. The four then sail the aircraft as a boat 450 nautical miles (833 km) farther toward Hawaii before being picked up by the U.S. Navy submarine USS R-4 (SS-81) 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) north of Kauai on September 10. Although unsuccessful, their flight sets a world nonstop distance record for Class C seaplanes which will stand until 1930.[9]
September
- The Czechoslovakian Avia BH-21R racer wins the Czechoslovakian national air races, covering the 200 km (120 mi) course at an average speed of 300.59 km/hr (186.78 mph).[10]
- September 1 – After modifications, the aircraft carrier HMS Furious returns to service with the Royal Navy as the first ship ever to be equipped with a round-down[11] Located at the after end of her flight deck, the round-down, which improves air flow and gives pilots landing aboard Furious greater confidence, will become standard on aircraft carriers.[12]
- September 2 – The U.S. Navy dirigible USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) breaks up in a storm and crashes, killing fourteen.
- September 3 – The Spanish Navy aviation ship Dédalo, the only ship ever built capable of operating airships, balloons, and seaplanes, accompanies a Spanish fleet to Morocco to participate in the Rif War. Her aircraft and one of the airships she operates support the Spanish campaign to capture Ajir, which falls on October 2. She is the only European aviation ship to see combat between the end of the Russian Civil War and the beginning of World War II.[13]
October
- October 3[14] or 30[15] – The Royal Navy cruiser Vindictive launches a Fairey IIID floatplane by catapult. It is the first catapult launch of a standard British naval aircraft from a ship at sea.[14][15]
- October 15 – A de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird piloted by Flying Officer Campbell MacKenzie-Richards and also Flying Officer Riggs 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 – The 1925 Schneider Trophy race is flown at Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. Jimmy Doolittle of the United States Army Air Service wins in a Curtiss R3C-2 at an average spee dof 374.2 km/h (232.6 mph).
November
- November 20 – Germany holds a state funeral in Berlin for fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, the top-scoring ace of World War I with 80 aerial victories. He had been shot down and killed on 21 April 1918.[16]
First flights
January
- Avia BH-21[10]
- January 3 - Fairey Fox
- January 5 - Short Singapore
February
- Gloster Gamecock
- Thomas-Morse TM-24[17]
- February 22 – de Havilland Moth[18]
March
- March 10 - Supermarine Southampton
May
- May 2 - Douglas C-1
- May 10 - Armstrong Whitworth Atlas
June
- June 4 — Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.9
July
- July 6 - Douglas DAM
- July 7 - Boeing 40
- July 29 - Blériot 155
August
- August 24 - Supermarine S.4
- August 29 - Gloster III
September
- September 11 – Curtiss R3C-1[19]
November
- November 9 - Fairey Firefly (biplane)
- November 26 - Tupolev TB-1
December
- Curtiss P-2 Hawk[20]
- Curtiss XP-2, a modified Curtiss P-2 Hawk[21]
Entered service
January
- Kawanishi K-7 Transport Seaplane with Japan Aviation Company Ltd
May
- May 15 – Junkers G.23 with Swedish Air Lines
August
- Curtiss F6C with the United States Navy
- August 17 – Curtiss P-1 Hawk with 1st Pursuit Group, United States Army Air Service
References
- ↑ Wikipedia Royal Auxiliary Air Force article.
- ↑ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 191.
- ↑ Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN 0-7607-0592-5, p. 187.
- ↑ Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN 0-7607-0592-5, p. 187.
- ↑ Daniel, Clifton, ed., Chronicle of the 20th Century, Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications, 1987, ISBN 0-942191-01-3, p. 322.
- ↑ Robertson, Patrick (2001). Film Facts. London: Aurum. ISBN 978-1-85410-654-4.
- ↑ Francillon, René J., Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979, ISBN 978-0-87021-313-7, p. 30.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Chronological History of Coast Guard Aviation: The Early Years, 1915-1938.
- ↑ Aviation Hawaii: 1920-1929 Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN 978-0-7607-0592-6, p. 72.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ray, British Naval Aviation: The Fleet Air Arm, 1917-1990, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1990, ISBN 0-87021-026-2, p. 215.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ray, British Naval Aviation: The Fleet Air Arm, 1917-1990, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1990, ISBN 0-87021-026-2, p. 12.
- ↑ Layman, R.D., Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1849-1922, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-87021-210-9, pp. 103, 105.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Layman, R.D., Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1849-1922, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-87021-210-9, p. 66.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Thetford, Owen, British Naval Aircraft Since 1912, Sixth Edition, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, ISBN 1-55750-076-2, p. 123.
- ↑ Kilduff, Peter, The Red Baron: Beyond the Legend, London: Cassell, 1994, ISBN 0-304-35207-1, picture caption facing page 161.
- ↑ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, ISBN 978-0-517-56588-9, p. 424.
- ↑ Mondey, David, ed., The Complete Illustrated History of the World's Aircraft, Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1978, ISBN 0-89009-771-2, p. 30.
- ↑ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 124.
- ↑ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 131.
- ↑ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, ISBN 978-0-517-56588-9, p. 131.
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