1925 in aviation

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