1924 In Aviation

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This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1924 :

EVENTS

January

January 29 - Pateras Pesara flies an experimental Helicopter in Paris . The machine flew 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 .

March

Huff Darland Dusters is established as the world's first Crop Dusting company in Georgia (U.S. State) . It will eventually grow into Delta Air Service , then Delta Air Lines .

March 25 - Royal Air Force officers McLaren, Plenderleith, and Andrews set off in an attempted round-the-world flight in a Vickers Vulture II. Their attempt will ultimately fail in Siberia in early August.

April

April 1 - Imperial Airways is formed, with the backing of the British government.

April 1 - Britain's Fleet Air Arm is established

April 1 - The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

May

May 19 - the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia is carried out, by an RAAF crew in a Fairey III D.

June

June 23 - Lt Russell Maughan makes the first one-day crossing of the United States , completing the flight from Long Island to San Francisco in a Curtiss PW-8 in 21 hours, 48 minutes.

July

July 1 - Regular night Airmail services commence in the United States, linking Chicago with Cheyenne .

July 17 - Pelletier D'Oisy completes a flight from Paris to Tokyo . The journey takes 120 hours in the air.

August

The Bolivian Air Force is formed, as the ''Cuerpo de Aviación''.

August 8 - US Navy Airship USS ''Shenandoah'' docks with the USS ''Patoka'' while the latter is underway, showing that airships could operate from support ships far out to sea.

August 24 - the USS ''Richmond'' rescues the crew of an Italian Flying Boat that is forced down in the Arctic Ocean by bad weather.

September

September 11 - Canada 's first regular airmail service begins, with Laurentide Air Services linking Haileybury with Rouyn .

September 28 - two of four Douglas World Cruiser s of the U.S. Army Air Service arrive in Seattle , completing the First Aerial Circumnavigation of the world. They had left the city on April 6 , taking 175 days for the journey.

October

October 12 - 15 - transportation of the Zeppelin -Airship "LZ 126" (ZR III "Los Angeles") to USA under guidance of H. Eckener.

November

November 11 - Lt Dixie Kiefer makes the first night Catapult launch from a ship, the USS ''California'' .

November 24 - a KLM Fokker F.VII makes the first flight from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies , taking 127 hours 16 minutes.

December

December 13 - in an early Parasite Fighter experiment, Lt Clyde Flinter unsuccessfully attempts to dock his Sperry Messenger with the US Army Airship ''TC-3'' .

December 14 - a Martin MO-1 is launched using an explosive-driven catapult fitted to a turret on USS ''Mississippi'' , requiring less distance than ever for the take-off.

FIRST FLIGHTS

March

Fairey Fawn

May

May 4 - Sikorsky S-29-A

May 26 - Tupolev ANT-2

June

June 16 - Blériot-SPAD S.51

June 23 - Focke-Wulf A-16

July

July 19 - Blériot 135

August

Savoia Marchetti S.55

Hawker Cygnet

August 21 - Fokker F.VII

September

Aero A.24

November

November 6 - Dornier Do J

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