- 1923 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1920
yp2=1921
yp3=1922
year=1923
ya1=1924
ya2=1925
ya3=1926
dp3=1890s
dp2=1900s
dp1=1910s
d=1920s
dn1=1930s
dn2=1940s
dn3=1950sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1923 :Events
January
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Air Union is created by themerger of "Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes " (CMA) with "Grands Express Aériens " (CGEA).February
* The first take-off and landing on the new Japanese
aircraft carrier "Hōshō" is made by a British pilot in aMitsubishi 1MF .
* The RAF conducts operations in SouthernIraq against uprisings led by SheikMahmud Barzenci .
*February 1 - theDanish Army Flying Corps is establishedMarch
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Dobrolyot is formed, as the first Soviet civil aviation service. It will later become part ofAeroflot .
*March 17 - the US government authorises Army aircraft to dropcalcium arsenate on Louisiana'scotton fields in order to killweevil s.April
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April 10 -Daimler Airways begins the first scheduled service betweenLondon andBerlin (via Bremen andHamburg ).
*April 16 - 17 - LtJohn Arthur Macready and LtOakley Kelley establish a new endurance record, staying aloft for 36 hours 5 minutes in aFokker T-2 , covering a distance of 2,518 miles (4,052 km).May
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May 2 -3 - Kelly MacReady complete the first non-stop flight from New York to Los Angeles, in 27 hours in a Fokker T-2.
*May 3 - the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation is formed byIgor Sikorsky at aLong Island chicken farm.
*May 23 - Belgian airlineSABENA is formed, adding new European routes toSNETA 's routes inBelgian Congo that it takes over.June
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June 14 -New Zealand forms its first military aviation services, fore-runners of theRoyal New Zealand Air Force .July
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July 19 - Czechoslovakian airline CSA commences operations.August
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August 21 - first electricAirway Beacon s start appearing at US airfields, to assist in night flying operations.
*August 28 - LtJohn Richter andLowell Smith establish a new endurance record of 37 hours 15 minutes in anAirco DH.4 , covering 3,293 miles (5,299 km). They are refueled fifteen times during the flight.eptember
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September 5 - US Army bombers carry out anti-shipping exercises, sinking the obsolete battleships USS "Virginia" and USS "New Jersey".
*September 28 -Schneider Trophy race flown atCowes , UK. Won by David Rittenhouse (USA ) in aCurtiss CR.3 at 285.5 km/h (177.4 mph).October
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October 6 -Curtiss R2C s win first and second place in the Pulitzer Trophy Race, the winning aircraft setting a new airspeed record of 243.6 mph (392 km/h).
*October 15 – First Britishmotor glider competition is flown, atLympne ,Kent .December
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December 21 The French dirigibleDixmude exploded over theMediterranean Sea en route fromCuers-Pierrefeu toAlgeria after being struck by lightning. All 52 crew members on board perished.First flights
January
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January 9 -Cierva C.4
*January 19 -Armstrong Whitworth Wolf March
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Aero A.18
*Hawker Woodcock May
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Gloster Grebe
*9 May -Blériot 115 June
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June 2 –Boeing XPW-9
*June 28 -Armstrong Whitworth Awana July
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July 30 -de Havilland DH.50 August
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August 22 - Barling XNBL
*August 23 -Polikarpov I-1 eptember
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September 3 - USS "Shenandoah"
*September 3 -Curtiss R2C October
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October 2 -de Havilland Humming Bird
*October 23 -Handley Page Hyderabad Entered service
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