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

Contents

Events

January

March

April

May

July

August

September

October

First flights

January

February

March

May

July

August

November

Entered service

May

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 2 - Zeppelin USS ''Shenandoah'' breaks up in a storm and crashes, killing fourteen.

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 22 - de Havilland Moth

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