1925 in aviation - Definition and Overview

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

Events

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

January

• January 1 - French airline CIDNA is formed.

March

• March 1 - Ryan Airlines begins regular services

April

• 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.

July

• July 13 - Western Air Express is founded.

August

• August 5 - Lloyd Aero Boliviano commences operations.

September

• September 3 - USS Shenandoah breaks up in a storm and crashes, killing thirteen.

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).

First flights

• Potez 25
• Aero A.11

January

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

February

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

March

• March 10 - Supermarine Southampton

May

• May 10 - Armstrong Whitworth Atlas

July

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

August

• August 24 - Supermarine S Series

November

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

Entered service

May

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