1924 in aviation

none in aviation 19th Century 20th century 21st century 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1890s 1900–19091900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s Aviation This is a list of aviation-related events from 1924: Events Violating the Treaty of Versailles, Germany establishes a secret training base for German pilots at Lipetsk in the Soviet Union. More than 450 German personnel will train there over the next ten years.Hardesty, Von, Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power 1941-1945, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, 0-87474-510-1, p. 44. Following a military revolt, Brazil abolishes Brazilian Army and Brazilian Navy control of aviation and places all military aviation units under the direct control of the general staff.Scheina, Robert L., Latin America: A Naval History 1810-1987, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, 0-87021-295-8, p. 195.Wikipedia Tenente revolts article. The Tachikawa Aircraft Company Ltd. is founded at Tachikawa, Japan.Francillon, René J., Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979, 0-87021-313-X, p. 27. January January 29 – Pateras Pesara flies an experimental helicopter in Paris. The machine flies 800 metres (2,640 ft) in just over 10 minutes. February February 20 – Three French Army officers make the first two-way aerial crossing of the Sahara Desert in a Breguet 14. February 21 – Piloting a de Havilland DH-4, Farthest North Aviation Company pilot Carl Ben Eielson makes the first official air mail flight in the Territory of Alaska, a 280 mi on 0 trip carrying 164 lb 1 of mail from Fairbanks to McGrath that takes him under three hours. Transportation of mail on the route by dog sled takes at least 18 — and as many as 30 — days.Lydon Tim February 4, 2024 Eielson’s epic mail flight https://alaskamagazine.com/authentic-alaska/february-in-alaska-history/ alaskamagazine.com Rearden Jim Alaska's First Bush Pilots, 1923-30 2009 Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc. Missoula 9781575101477 7–26 March The admirals′ committee of the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) considers an objection to the construction of aircraft carriers based on the observation that launching 40 planes from a carrier at present takes three hours, decides that the use of several carriers would solve the problem, and recommends that Italy construct at least two carriers.Gooch, John, Mussolini and His Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940, Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 978-0-521-85602-7, p. 50. The Cierva C.6 makes a 10.5-kilometer (7-mile) flight in Spain from Cuatro Vientos airfield to Getafe airfield. The eight-minute flight is considered a major step forward in the development of autogiros and, by extension, of rotary-wing aircraft in general. March 1 – The Royal Air Force renames its Marine and Armament Experimental Establishment as the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment. March 25 – Squadron Leader Archibald Stuart Charles Stuart-MacLaren, Flying Officer William Noble Plenderleith, Sergeant W. H. Andrews of the Royal Air Force set off from Calshot in a Vickers Vulture II in an eastbound attempt to circumnavigate the world. Their attempt ultimately will fail on August 4 in the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, pp. 54-59. March 27 – United States Army Air Service Second Lieutenant Oscar Monthan — a noted aeronautical engineer — dies along with four other men when their Martin NBS-1 bomber crashes after it fails to clear a baseball field backstop on take-off from Luke Field, Ford Island, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.Mueller, Robert, "Air Force Bases Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982", United States Air Force Historical Research Center, Office of Air Force History, Washington, D.C., 1989, 0-912799-53-6, page 267. April The International Commission for Aviation passes a resolution stating that "women shall be excluded from any employment in the operating crew of an aircraft engaged in public transport." A concern of the era is that women would have difficulty controlling an aircraft while menstruating.O'Brien, Lora, "Lady Heath," Aviation History, March 2016, p. 15. French Navy aviation pioneer Paul Teste flies from Paris to Saint-Raphaël in an FBA 17 amphibious aircraft to survey a potential route for large military seaplanes traveling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and to assess the suitability of the Garonne and Aude river basins as landing and staging areas for seaplanes. In 20 hours of flight, he flies 2,000 km mi nmi 3 and performs 13 ground landings and 21 water landings — including stops at Bordeaux and Toulouse — without incident. 15 February 2011 Capitaine de frégate Paul Teste Frigate Captain Paul Teste http://www.ffaa.net/history/famous-pilots/teste/teste_fr.htm ffaa.net French Naval Aviation 3 May 2026 fr April 1 Imperial Airways is formed, with the backing of the British government. Flights of Royal Air Force aircraft operating from Royal Navy ships are given the collective title "Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force." This will later be shortened to "Fleet Air Arm."Sturtivant, Ray, British Naval Aviation: The Fleet Air Arm, 1917-1990, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1990, 0-87021-026-2, p. 12. The Government of Canada approves the title "Royal" for the Canadian Air Force, establishing the new Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). In addition to its military duties, the RCAF takes over the responsibility for the control and regulation of all civil aviation in Canada. April 6 – Four United States Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers depart Seattle, Washington, beginning a six-month westbound journey which will culminate in the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. April 7 – Portuguese Commander Brito Pais and Captain Sarmento de Beires depart Lisbon eastbound in the Breguet 16.Bn2 Patria, beginning an attempt to fly around the world. They will crash Patria in India, but will continue in the de Havilland DH.9A Patria II before being forced to end their attempt in June in China, a short walk from its border with Hong Kong.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, pp. 56-57. April 24 – French Captain Georges Pelletier d'Oisy and Adjutant Lucien Besin depart Paris eastbound in a Breguet 19.A.2, beginning an attempt to fly around the world. They will be forced to end their attempt in May in Shanghai.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, p. 56. April 26 – Imperial Airways makes its first scheduled flight, from Croydon Aerodrome to Paris, using a de Havilland DH.34.http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/coming%20of%20age/imperial%20airways.htm Imperial Airways Century of Flight 2010-06-25 2015-09-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201958/http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/coming%20of%20age/imperial%20airways.htm dead Apr 30 – Regular Belfast–Liverpool airmail flights are inaugurated by Alan Cobham, using de Havilland DH.50 craft.Belfast–Liverpool Air Service Flight London 1924-05-08 262 May Russian World War I flying ace Mikhail Safonov dies in a flying accident while testing a flying boat for the Republic of China Navy over the Ming River in China.Franks Norman Guest Russell Alegi Gregory 1997 Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of WWI Grub Street 1-898697-56-6 212–213 May 2 – English first-class cricketer Eric Martin dies in an airplane collision at Duxford Aerodrome in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England.Eric Martin at CricketArchiveDaily Mirror, 3 May 1924 December 2021 May 17 – During its first aerial circumnavigation of the world, the westbound United States Army Air Service flight of Douglas World Cruisers arrive in northern Japan, completing the first crossing of the Pacific Ocean by airplane.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, p. 56 May 19 – The first aerial circumnavigation of Australia is carried out, by a Royal Australian Air Force crew in a Fairey IIID.Isaacs 1984, pp.40–49. May 20 – French Captain Georges Pelletier d'Oisy and Adjutant Lucien Besin crash their Breguet 19.A.2 on a golf course in Shanghai, ending their attempt to fly around the world eastbound. They had covered 10,580 miles (17,037 km) in 26 days since leaving Paris.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, pp. 56-57, 58-59. May 27 – French pilot Adrienne Bolland sets a world record for consecutive loop-the-loops by a woman, completing 212 loops in 73 minutes. She breaks her own record of 98, which she had set on 18 October 1923.Woman Does 212 Air Loops https://www.nytimes.com/1924/05/28/archives/woman-does-212-air-loops-mme-bolland-beats-her-former-record-of-98.html The New York Times May 28, 1924 July 14, 2012 June Flying the Nieuport-Delage NiD 42S, the French pilot Joseph Sadi-Lecointe wins the Coupe Beaumont race as the only finisher, then continues flying to establish a new world speed-over-distance record over a distance of 500 km (310.69 miles), averaging 306.696 km/h (190.572 mph).Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Nobles Books, 1997, 0-7607-0592-5, p. 688. Ludovic Arrachart wins the Michelin Cup long-distance flying competition. June 5 – Rowan Daly, a British flying ace credited with three aerial victories during World War I and four more during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, dies in the mid-air collision of two Airco DH.9As over the airfield at Spittlegate, England. His observer and the two-man crew of the other plane also die.http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1920s/Casualties_1924.htm Casualties: January–December 1924 Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation 2014 12 November 2014 June 6 – Walter Kypke, a German flying ace credited with nine aerial victories during World War I, dies in an airplane crash at Magdeburg, Germany. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918 152–153 June 16 – The Royal Air Force′s Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment moves from Isle of Grain, Kent, to the former Seaplane Experimental Station at Felixstowe, Suffolk. June 23 – Lieutenant Russell Maughan makes the first one-day crossing of the United States, completing the flight from Long Island, New York, to San Francisco, California, in a Curtiss PW-8 in 21 hours 48 minutes. June 23–24 (overnight) – United States Navy Lieutenants Frank Wead and John D. Price make a flight in a Curtiss SC that sets five world records for seaplanes in its class. The flight sets a record for distance, covering 963.123 mi, and duration, remaining airborne for 13 hours, 23 minutes, 15 seconds. It also sets records for speed over a distance of 500 km 0, averaging 73.41 mph; speed over a distance of 1,000 km 0, averaging 74.27 mph and speed over a distance of 1,500 km 0, averaging 74.17 mph.http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-1910/PART03.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20011127031259/http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-1910/PART03.PDF dead November 27, 2001 United States Naval Aviation 1910–1995 Part 3: The Twenties 1920–1929 Naval History & Heritage Command May 20, 2013 p. 13 June 24 In Shenzhen, close to the China-Hong Kong border, Portuguese Commander Brito Pais and Captain Sarmento de Beires give up on their eastbound attempt to circumnavigate the world in the de Havilland DH.9A Patria II after covering 11,000 miles (17,713 km) from Lisbon.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, pp. 57. The Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) has 1,181 aircraft, of which 748 are combat-ready.Gooch, John, Mussolini and His Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940, Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 978-0-521-85602-7, p. 56. June 25 – Westbound from Rangoon to Akyab, the United States Army Air Service flight of Douglas World Cruisers attempting the first aerial circumnavigation of the world unknowingly flies over the Vickers Vulture II amphibian of the Royal Air Force team of MacLaren, Plenderleith, and Andrews, which is sheltering in a coastal bay in Burma while eastbound from Akyab to Rangoon during its own attempt at a circumnavigation.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, p. 57. July July 1 – Regular night airmail services commence in the United States, linking Chicago, Illinois, with Cheyenne, Wyoming. July 10 – Japanese aircraft sink a ship for the first time, when Imperial Japanese Navy bombers use level bombing from an average height of 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) over the course of four hours to sink the retired coast defense battleship Iwami off Yokosuka.Peattie, Mark R., Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power 1909-1941, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2001, 1-55750-432-6, p. 34. July 11–12 (overnight) – United States Navy Lieutenants Frank Wead and John D. Price make a flight in a Curtiss SC that sets two world records for seaplanes in its class. The flight sets a record for distance, covering 994.19 mi, and duration, remaining airborne for 14 hours, 53 minutes, 44 seconds. July 15 – French physician, parapsychology researcher, and director of the Institute Metapsychique International Gustav Geley dies in an airplane accident."Gustav Geley". Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. July 17 – French Captain Georges Pelletier d'Oisy completes a flight from Paris to Tokyo, using a Breguet 14 borrowed from the Republic of China government after the May crash of his Breguet 19.A.2 at Shanghai. The journey from Paris takes 120 hours in the air over 84 days.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, pp. 58-59. August The Bolivian Air Force is formed, as the Cuerpo de Aviación ("Aviation Corps"). The Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) participates in the first large-scale Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) maneuvers since 1910. The air force aircraft are tasked to conduct surveillance in coastal waters, reconnoiter enemy bases, and strike enemy ships that come within range. The air force is hampered by poor communications with the navy, the grounding of its airships – necessary for reconnaissance at ranges of more than 100 miles (161 km) – due to weather, and difficulty in distinguishing between ship types and between friendly and enemy ships. In a final fiasco, the "Red" fleet "torpedoes" the "Blue" fleet's flagship, the battleship Andrea Doria, as the "Blue" fleet enters port at Augusta, Sicily, at the end of the maneuvers after the "Blue" fleet's air escort breaks formation to overfly the fleet in a celebratory pass.Gooch, John, Mussolini and His Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940, Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 978-0-521-85602-7, p. 57. August 4 – The attempt of the Royal Air Force team of MacLaren, Plenderleith, and Andrews to circumnavigate the world eastbound ends when they are forced down in the Bering Sea by fog and their Vickers Vulture amphibian is irreparably damaged. They taxi to safety at Bering Island in the Commander Islands. They had covered 13,100 miles (21,095 km) in 130 days.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, pp. 54, 59. August 5 – Harold Albert Kullberg, an American World War I flying ace who flew with the British Royal Air Force and was credited with 19 aerial victories, dies in an airplane crash while instructing a student pilot near Hudson, Ohio.http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/kullberg.php Harold Albert Kullberg theaerodrome.com 20 December 2009 August 8 – The U.S. Navy dirigible Shenandoah ZR-1 docks with the airship tender Patoka AO-9 while the Patoka is underway off Newport, Rhode Island, showing that airships could operate from support ships far out to sea.Cressman, Robert J., "'Ready For Any Call At Any Time'", Naval History, April 2014, p. 14. August 9 – Polish aviation pioneer Władysław Toruń, one of the Polish Air Force's first pilots, dies in an airplane crash.Czmur Stefan June 1993 The polish air force combat tradition http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13518049308430102 The Journal of Slavic Military Studies 6 2 274–299 10.1080/13518049308430102 1351-8046 subscription August 16 – George S. L. Hayward, a British air observer in Bristol F.2B Fighters credited with 24 victories during World War I, and a pilot he is instructing suffer fatal injuries when their Avro 504K suffers an engine failure and crashes at RAF Digby in Lincolnshire, England. Both men die later that day. http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1920s/Casualties_1924.htm RAF Casualties, 1924 M. B. Barrass Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation 2015 21 March 2015 August 24 – The U.S. Navy light cruiser Richmond CL-9 rescues the crew of an Italian flying boat that is forced down in the Arctic Ocean by bad weather. August 31 – Six United States Army Air Service aviators flying Douglas World Cruisers arrive in Labrador, completing the transatlantic leg of their first aerial circumnavigation of the world. September September 2 – While preparing for the National Air Races, United States Army Air Service test pilot Lieutenant Alexander Pearson Jr., the holder of numerous flight records, dies instantly when a wing strut of the Curtiss R-8 he is flying fails as he attempts to recover from a dive and the plane crashes into the ground at 260 mph 0 near Fairfield, Ohio. Alley William Pearson Field Harper Perennial New York 2006 0-7385-3129-4 September 3 – A U.S. Army Air Service pilot sets a speed record for a flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to New York City, completing the trip in 58 minutes.Daniel, Clifton, Chronicle of the 20th Century, Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications, 1987, 0-942191-01-3, p. 318. September 11 – Canada's first regular airmail service begins, with Laurentide Air Services linking Haileybury, Ontario, with Rouyn, Quebec. September 27-October 4 – The Daily Mail sponsors the Two-Seater Dual-Control Light Aeroplane Competition at Lympne Aerodrome in Lympne, England, the second of the three light airplane trials held there. Maurice Piercey wins in the Beardmore Wee Bee. September 28 – Greeted by 50,000 people and a congratulatory telegram from President Calvin Coolidge, two of the original four United States Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers that had set out from Seattle, Washington, on April 6 arrive in Seattle, completing the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. Their westbound journey had covered 27,534 miles (44,338 km) in 371 hours in the air, taking 175 days. They have made 57 hops during the trip, averaging 483 miles (778 km) per hop, and visited 25 U.S. states and 21 foreign countries.OConnor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, pp. 56-57, 59. October October 1 – The fourth annual Air League Challenge Cup race takes place over a 100-mile (161-kilometer) triangular course beginning and ending at Lympne Airport in Lympne, Kent, England. Three flights, each consisting of three Sopwith Snipes flown by Royal Air Force pilots, participate; one flight represents No. 25 Squadron at RAF Hawkinge, another No. 32 Squadron at RAF Kenley, and the third No. 56 Squadron at RAF Biggin Hill. Each flight flies the race in formation. No. 25 Squadron's flight finishes third with a time of 59 minutes 7.4 seconds, but is declared the winner when the other two flights are disqualified for cutting the western turning point and therefore failing to fly the entire course.[https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2FFlightPDFArchive%2F1924%2F1924%2520-%25200640.PDF&usg=AFQjCNHR5eQH7IQWHEIQEKH58XuoMweH9w&sig2=NDpv6DtDihZLJz8ELEu-Tw Anonymous, "The Race for the Air League Challenge Cup," Flight, October 2, 1924, p. 640.] The race is not held again until 1927.afleetingpeace.org The Air League Challenge Cup October 4 – Burt E. Skeel dies during the National Air Races when the wings of his Curtiss airplane break away from its fuselage at an altitude of 2,000 ft 0 off and the plane dives into the ground at about 275 mph 0 as 50,000 spectators look on at Dayton, Ohio."Capt. Skeel Killed in Dayton Air Race; 50,000 See Plunge; Plane Crumples as Army Officer Dives for Start in Pulitzer Prize Contest", The New York Times, October 5, 1924, p.1 October 9 – In the United Kingdom, the Royal Auxiliary Air Force is established. October 10 – United States Navy Lieutenants Andrew Crinkley and Rossmore Lyon make a flight in a Curtiss SC covering 1,460 mi 0 in 20 hours minutes, 28 minutes. Although the flight would have set new world records for distance and duration for a seaplane in the Curtiss SC's class, the flight was not officially timed and was therefore not recognized as setting any world records. October 12–15 – The Luftschiffbau Zeppelin-built dirigible LZ 126 is flown from Friederichshafen, Germany, nonstop to the Lakehurst, New Jersey, in the United States under guidance of Hugo Eckener for delivery to the U.S. Navy as a World War I war reparation. It is the longest nonstop airship flight in history at the time, covering 5,060 miles (8,148 km) in 81 hours and passing over the Azores, the Dominion of Newfoundland, and New York City along the way.Daniel, Clifton, Chronicle of the 20th Century, Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications, 1987, 0-942191-01-3, p. 319. October 18 – Italian World War I ace and aviation pioneer Giovanni Ancillotto dies in an automobile accident in Caravaggio, Lombardy, Italy. November Twenty-two of Brazils 39 naval pilots are arrested for antigovernment activity. November 2 – The Pitcairn Flying School and Passenger Service is formed. It later will become Eastern Airlines. November 8 – Warrant Officer Florentin Bonnet sets the French speed record, reaching 393.340 km in the Bernard SIMB V.2 at Istres, France. 16 May 2001 Adolphe-Bernard http://fandavion.free.fr/Bernard_constructeur.htm Fan d'Avions 7 May 2026 fr Bernard https://janes.migavia.com/fr/bernard.html janes.migavia.com 6 May 2026 November 11 While Georges Madon — the fourth-ranked French flying ace of World War I, credited with 41 confirmed aerial victories and 64 probables — is preparing for a tribute to the French aviation pioneer and flying ace Roland Garros at Bizerte, Tunisia, his plane suffers an engine failure. He crashes it into the roof of a villa to avoid hitting spectators and dies at Tunis later in the day of injuries he sustained in the crash.http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/madon.htm First World War.com - Who's Who - Georges Madon Firstworldwar.com 2009-01-05 Lieutenant Dixie Kiefer makes the first night catapult launch from a ship, the U.S. Navy battleship California BB-44. November 15 – Portuguese aviation pioneer Sacadura Cabral and his copilot disappear during a flight over the English Channel. Wreckage of their seaplane is discovered on November 19, but their bodies are never found.http://www.vidaslusofonas.pt/sacadura_cabral2.htm Sacadura Cabral Pioneer Airman 16 February 2012 Sodré João Vidas Lusophonus dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120815031249/http://www.vidaslusofonas.pt/sacadura_cabral2.htm 15 August 2012 November 24 – A KLM Fokker F.VII makes the first flight from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies, taking 127 hours 16 minutes. November 25 – The German-built dirigible LZ 126 is commissioned into United States Navy service as Los Angeles ZR-3 at Naval Air Station Anacostia in Washington, D.C. December December 11 – Flying the Bernard SIMB V.2, Warrant Officer Florentin Bonnet sets an absolute world speed record at Istres, France, averaging 448.171 kph during four runs over a 3 km on off 2 course. His speeds for each run are 442.623 kph, 450.000 kph, 446.280 kph, and 453.781 kph. To increase his speed, he exploits a loophole in Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) regulations — which stipulate a maximum altitude of only 50 m 0 off at 500 m 0 off before each base crossing, where officials calculate the speed of each run — by climbing to an altitude of 40 m 0 off at each turn and diving 30 m 0 off to gain speed before crossing the 500 m 0 on off marker.Liron Jean Les avions Bernard 1990 Éditions Larivière Paris 2-84890-065-2 Collection Docavia 31 23–32, 224 fr The world's speed record. Flight 25 May 1951 619 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%200988.html 7 August 2011 5 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105150549/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%200988.html dead Bernard https://janes.migavia.com/fr/bernard.html janes.migavia.com 6 May 2026 December 12 Flying the Dewoitine D.8, French pilot Marcel Doret sets a new world speed record for an aircraft with a load of 250 kg 0 off over a closed-circuit 1,000 km 0 on off course, averaging 221.775 kph.Parmentier Bruno February 7, 1999 Dewoitine D-8 https://www.aviafrance.com/dewoitine-d-8-aviation-france-5968.htm aviafrance.com fr May 16, 2025 Dewoitine D 8 https://www.aviastar.org/air/france/dewoitine_d-8.php aviastar.org May 16, 2025 The Cierva C.6 autogyro makes the first cross-country flight by a rotary-wing aircraft, piloted by Captain Joaquín Loriga the 10.5 km (7 statute miles) from Cuatro Vientos airfield to Getafe, Spain, in eight minutes.http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/c6.html airwar.ru Cierva C.6 December 13 – In an early parasite fighter experiment, Lieutenant Clyde Flinter unsuccessfully attempts to dock his Sperry Messenger with the United States Army airship TC-3. December 14 – A Martin MO-1 is launched using an explosive-driven catapult fitted to a gun turret on the United States Navy battleship Mississippi BB-41, requiring less distance than ever for the take-off. December 23 –Flying the Dewoitine D.8, Marcel Doret sets three new world speed records for an aircraft with a load of 250 kg 0 off over a closed-circuit course, averaging 231.292 km/h over 100 km 1 off, 225.705 kph over 200 km 1 off, and 223.098 km/h over 500 km 1 off. December 24 – Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 G-EBBX crashes at Purley, Surrey, in the United Kingdom, shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, killing all eight people on board. It is Imperial Airways first fatal accident, and as a result of a public inquiry into the disaster Croydon Airport is expanded to absorb almost all of Beddington Aerodrome. The airliner's pilot, David Stewart, had been a World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories.https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200004.html Air Disaster at Croydon 836 XVII 4 Flight 1 January 1925 6 February 2016 First flights Avia BH-10 (Czech air arm designation Avia B.10)Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, 0-7607-0592-5, p. 72. Avia BH-12 Avia BH-17 Avro 562 Avis Dewoitine D.9 Latécoère 14 Levasseur PL.5 Levasseur PL.6 Martin N2M Potez 25 Potez 27 Thomas-Morse TM-23Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, 0-517-56588-9, p. 424. Summer 1924 – Latécoère 6 Mid-1924 – Avro 557 Ava ca. 1924 – Dewoitine D.7 January Grigorovich I-1 February February 18 – Latécoère 5 March Cierva C.6 April Farman F.140 Super Goliath April 23 – Stout 2-AT Pullman May Bernard SIMB V.1Liron Jean Les avions Bernard 1990 Éditions Larivière Paris 2-84890-065-2 Collection Docavia 31 22–26, 224 fr May 4 – Sikorsky S-29-A May 9 – Westland Dreadnought May 26 – Tupolev ANT-2 May 30 – Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.8 June June 16 – Blériot-SPAD S.51 June 23 – Focke-Wulf A 16 June 28 – Avro 561 Andover July July 19 – Blériot 135 August Bernard SIMB AB 10Liron Jean Les avions Bernard 1990 Éditions Larivière Paris 2-84890-065-2 Collection Docavia 31 175–178, 224 fr Hawker Cygnet Potez 26 Savoia-Marchetti S.55 August 13 – Dewoitine D.15 August 20 – Fairey Pintail IV August 21 – Fokker F.VII August 24 – FBA 19 September Aero A.24 September 4 – Curtiss F4C-1Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 127. September 14 – Westland Woodpigeon September 19 – Junkers G.24, also known as Junkers G.23 September 22 – Westland Widgeon October October 2 – Bernard SIMB V.2Liron Jean Les avions Bernard 1990 Éditions Larivière Paris 2-84890-065-2 Collection Docavia 31 23–32, 224 fr October 4 – Curtiss XPW-8A, predecessor of the XPW-8B, prototype in turn of the Curtiss P-1 HawkAngelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, 0-517-56588-9, pp. 126-127. November Kawanishi K-7 Transport Seaplane November 4 – Grigorovich I-2 November 6 – Dornier Do J November 24 – Fokker F.VII Entered service Grigorovich M-24 with Soviet Naval Aviation Mitsubishi B1M with Imperial Japanese Navy Autumn 1924 – Breguet 19 (A.2 reconnaissance variant; first operational variant) with the 32e, 33e, 34e, and 35e Régiments d'Aviation of the French Armys Aéronautique MilitaireDonald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, 0-7607-0592-5, p. 187. March Fairey Fawn with No. 12 Squadron RAF May Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III with No. 41 Squadron, Royal Air ForceDonald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, 0-7607-0592-5, p. 63. July Avro 549 Aldershot with No. 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force References Isaacs, Keith. "The Fairey IIID In Australia". Air Enthusiast, Number 24, April–June 1984. Bromley, Kent, UK:Pilot Press. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 40–49. 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