- 1924 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1921
yp2=1922
yp3=1923
year=1924
ya1=1925
ya2=1926
ya3=1927
dp3=1890s
dp2=1900s
dp1=1910s
d=1920s
dn1=1930s
dn2=1940s
dn3=1950sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1924 :Events
January
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January 29 -Pateras Pesara flies an experimentalhelicopter inParis . The machine flew 800 metres (2,640 ft) in just over 10 minutes.February
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February 20 - Three French Army officers make the first two-way aerial crossing of theSahara Desert in aBreguet 14 .March
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Huff Darland Dusters is established as the world's firstcrop dusting company inGeorgia (U.S. state) . It will eventually grow intoDelta Air Service , thenDelta Air Lines .
*March 25 -Royal Air Force officers McLaren, Plenderleith, and Andrews set off in an attempted round-the-world flight in aVickers Vulture II. Their attempt will ultimately fail inSiberia in early August.April
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April 1 -Imperial Airways is formed, with the backing of the British government.
* April 1 - Britain'sFleet Air Arm is established
* April 1 - TheRoyal Canadian Air Force is formed.May
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May 19 - the first aerial circumnavigation ofAustralia is carried out, by anRAAF crew in aFairey III D.June
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June 23 - LtRussell Maughan makes the first one-day crossing of theUnited States , completing the flight fromLong Island toSan Francisco in a Curtiss PW-8 in 21 hours, 48 minutes.July
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July 1 - Regular nightairmail services commence in the United States, linkingChicago withCheyenne .
*July 17 -Pelletier d'Oisy completes a flight fromParis toTokyo . The journey takes 120 hours in the air.August
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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 Italianflying boat that is forced down in theArctic Ocean by bad weather.eptember
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September 11 -Canada 's first regular airmail service begins, withLaurentide Air Services linking Haileybury with Rouyn.
*September 28 - two of fourDouglas World Cruiser s of the U.S. Army Air Service arrive inSeattle , completing thefirst aerial circumnavigation of the world. They had left the city onApril 6 , taking 175 days for the journey.October
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October 12 -15 - transportation of theZeppelin -Airship "LZ 126" (ZR III "Los Angeles") to USA under guidance of H. Eckener.November
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November 11 - LtDixie Kiefer makes the first nightcatapult launch from a ship, the USS "California".
*November 24 - aKLM Fokker F.VII makes the first flight from theNetherlands to theDutch East Indies , taking 127 hours 16 minutes.December
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December 13 - in an earlyparasite fighter experiment, LtClyde Flinter unsuccessfully attempts to dock hisSperry Messenger with the US Army airship "TC-3".
*December 14 - aMartin 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
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Fairey Fawn May
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May 4 -Sikorsky S-29-A
*May 26 -Tupolev ANT-2 June
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June 16 -Blériot-SPAD S.51
*June 23 -Focke-Wulf A-16 July
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July 19 -Blériot 135 August
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Savoia Marchetti S.55
*Hawker Cygnet
*August 21 -Fokker F.VII eptember
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Aero A.24 November
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November 6 -Dornier Do J Entered service
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