1924 in aviation#March

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

Events

  • Violating the Treaty of Versailles, Germany establishes a secret training base for German pilots at Lipetsk in the Soviet Union. More than 450 German personnel will train there over the next ten years.Hardesty, Von, Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power 1941-1945, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, {{ISBN|0-87474-510-1}}, p. 44.
  • Following a military revolt, Brazil abolishes Brazilian Army and Brazilian Navy control of aviation and places all military aviation units under the direct control of the general staff.Scheina, Robert L., Latin America: A Naval History 1810-1987, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, {{ISBN|0-87021-295-8}}, p. 195.Wikipedia Tenente revolts article.
  • The Tachikawa Aircraft Company Ltd. is founded at Tachikawa, Japan.Francillon, René J., Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979, {{ISBN|0-87021-313-X}}, p. 27.

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  • The Bolivian Air Force is formed, as the Cuerpo de Aviación ("Aviation Corps").
  • The Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) participates in the first large-scale Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) maneuvers since 1910. The air force aircraft are tasked to conduct surveillance in coastal waters, reconnoiter enemy bases, and strike enemy ships that come within range. The air force is hampered by poor communications with the navy, the grounding of its airships – necessary for reconnaissance at ranges of more than 100 miles (161 km) – due to weather, and difficulty in distinguishing between ship types and between friendly and enemy ships. In a final fiasco, the "Red" fleet "torpedoes" the "Blue" fleet's flagship, the battleship Andrea Doria, as the "Blue" fleet enters port at Augusta, Sicily, at the end of the maneuvers after the "Blue" fleet's air escort breaks formation to overfly the fleet in a celebratory pass.Gooch, John, Mussolini and His Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940, Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-521-85602-7}}, p. 57.
  • August 4 – The attempt of the Royal Air Force team of MacLaren, Plenderleith, and Andrews to circumnavigate the world eastbound ends when they are forced down in the Bering Sea by fog and their Vickers Vulture amphibian is irreparably damaged. They taxi to safety at Bering Island in the Commander Islands. They had covered 13,100 miles (21,095 km) in 130 days.O{{'}}Connor, Derek, "All in the Game," Aviation History, September 2010, pp. 54, 59.
  • August 8 – The U.S. Navy dirigible {{USS|Shenandoah|ZR-1}} docks with the airship tender {{USS|Patoka|AO-9}} while the Patoka is underway off Newport, Rhode Island, showing that airships could operate from support ships far out to sea.Cressman, Robert J., "'Ready For Any Call At Any Time'", Naval History, April 2014, p. 14.
  • August 24 – The U.S. Navy light cruiser {{USS|Richmond|CL-9}} rescues the crew of an Italian flying boat that is forced down in the Arctic Ocean by bad weather.
  • August 31 – Six United States Army Air Service aviators flying Douglas World Cruisers arrive in Labrador, completing the transatlantic leg of their first aerial circumnavigation of the world.

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  • December 12
  • Flying the Dewoitine D.8, French pilot Marcel Doret sets a new world speed record for an aircraft with a load of {{convert|250|kg|0|abbr=off}} over a closed-circuit {{convert|1,000|km|0|adj=on|abbr=off}} course, averaging {{convert|221.775|kph}}.{{cite web |last=Parmentier |first=Bruno |date=February 7, 1999 |title=Dewoitine D-8 |url=https://www.aviafrance.com/dewoitine-d-8-aviation-france-5968.htm |website=aviafrance.com |location= |publisher= |language=fr |access-date=May 16, 2025}}{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Dewoitine D 8 |url=https://www.aviastar.org/air/france/dewoitine_d-8.php |website=aviastar.org |location= |publisher= |access-date=May 16, 2025}}
  • The Cierva C.6 autogyro makes the first cross-country flight by a rotary-wing aircraft, piloted by Captain Joaquín Loriga the 10.5 km (7 statute miles) from Cuatro Vientos airfield to Getafe, Spain, in eight minutes.http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/c6.html airwar.ru Cierva C.6
  • December 13 – In an early parasite fighter experiment, Lieutenant Clyde Flinter unsuccessfully attempts to dock his Sperry Messenger with the United States Army airship TC-3.
  • December 14 – A Martin MO-1 is launched using an explosive-driven catapult fitted to a gun turret on the United States Navy battleship {{USS|Mississippi|BB-41}}, requiring less distance than ever for the take-off.
  • December 23 –Flying the Dewoitine D.8, Marcel Doret sets three new world speed records for an aircraft with a load of {{convert|250|kg|0|abbr=off}} over a closed-circuit course, averaging {{convert|231.292|km/h}} over {{convert|100|km|1|abbr=off}}, {{convert|225.705|kph}} over {{convert|200|km|1|abbr=off}}, and {{convert|223.098|km/h}} over {{convert|500|km|1|abbr=off}}.
  • December 24 – Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 G-EBBX crashes at Purley, Surrey, in the United Kingdom, shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, killing all eight people on board. It is Imperial Airways{{'}} first fatal accident, and as a result of a public inquiry into the disaster Croydon Airport is expanded to absorb almost all of Beddington Aerodrome.

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  • October 4 – Curtiss XPW-8A, predecessor of the XPW-8B, prototype in turn of the Curtiss P-1 HawkAngelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, {{ISBN|0-517-56588-9}}, pp. 126-127.

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References

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  • Isaacs, Keith. "The Fairey IIID In Australia". Air Enthusiast, Number 24, April–June 1984. Bromley, Kent, UK:Pilot Press. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 40–49.

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