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[[File:The World areas covered by Commercial Air Routes.jpg|thumb|319x319px|The areas of the world covered by commercial aviation in 1925]]
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This is a list of [[aviation]]-related events from 1925.

==Events==
* In the [[United Kingdom]], the first [[Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] [[Squadron (aviation)|squadrons]] are formed.<ref name="Flight1925">{{cite journal |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200663.html |title=Auxiliary Air Force |issue=876 |volume=XVII |pages=663–664 |journal=[[Flight International|Flight]] |date=8 October 1925 |access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref>
* The [[Eberhart Steel Products Company]] of [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (state)|New York]], forms an aircraft design and manufacturing subsidiary, the [[Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company]].<ref name=angelucci>{{cite book|last=Angelucci|first=Enzo|title=The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present|location=New York|publisher=Orion Books|date=1987|isbn=978-0-517-56588-9}}</ref>{{rp|191}}
* Summer 1925 &ndash; Two [[Breguet 19|Breguet 19 G.R.]] aircraft owned by the Japanese ''[[Asahi Shimbun]]'' newspaper group fly from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], to [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref name=donald>{{cite book|editor-last=Donald|editor-first=David|title=The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft|location=New York|publisher=Barnes & Noble Books|date=1997|isbn=0-7607-0592-5}}</ref>{{rp|187}}

===January===
* January 1 &ndash; The [[France|French]] [[airline]] [[CIDNA]] is formed.

===February===
* February 3–4 &ndash; In a [[Breguet 19|Breguet 19 G.R.]], the French aviators [[Henri Lemaître]] and [[Ludovic Arrachart]] set a world distance record, flying {{convert|3,166|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Étampes]], [[Paris]], [[France]], to [[Villa Cisneros]], [[Spanish Sahara]].<ref name=donald/>{{rp|187}}
* February 12 &ndash; [[Sabena]] establishes the first airline connection between [[Belgium]] and the [[Belgian Congo]], pioneering a long-haul route to [[Léopoldville]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Daniel|editor-first=Clifton|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|url=https://archive.org/details/chronicleof20thc00moun|url-access=registration|location=Mount Kisco|publisher=Chronicle Publications|date=1987|isbn=0-942191-01-3|page=322}}</ref>

===March===
* March 1 &ndash; [[Ryan Airline Company]] begins regular services.
*March 2 &ndash; [[History of Delta Air Lines|Huff Daland Dusters]] is established as the world's first aerial [[crop dusting]] company. Founded in [[Macon, Georgia]], in the [[United States]]. It formed the roots of [[Delta Air Service]] (1928), then Delta Air Corporation (1930, renamed [[Delta Air Lines]] in 1945).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deltamuseum.org/exhibits/delta-history/founding|title=Founding|website=www.deltamuseum.org|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref>

===April===
* April
** The first [[In-flight entertainment|in-flight movie]] is shown on a scheduled flight: [[First National Pictures|First National]]'s ''[[The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]'' on [[Imperial Airways]] service from London to the Continent.<ref>{{cite book|first=Patrick|last=Robertson|title=Film Facts|location=London|publisher=Aurum|year=2001|isbn=978-1-85410-654-4}}</ref>
** The ''Prix Solex'', a competition in [[France]] offering a prize of 55,000 [[French franc|FF]] requiring a flight of about {{convert|120|km|mi|abbr=off|sp=us}} from [[Paris]] to [[Rouen]]  using less than {{convert|3|kg|lb|abbr=off}} of [[gasoline]] and oil, takes place. Maurice Drouhin wins in a [[Salmson 3 Ad]]-powered [[Farman Aviette]].
* April 13 - The first scheduled air freight service begins in the United States.
* April 15 - [[Ukvozdukhput]]/Ukrainian Airways begins services in [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-05 |title=Aeroflot {{!}} Airline Safety, Fleet Size & Destinations {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aeroflot |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* April 21 – Italian aviator [[Francesco de Pinedo]] and his mechanic Ernesto Campanelli depart [[Rome]] on a 201-day flight in the [[SIAI S.16|SIAI S.16''ter'']] [[flying boat]] ''Gennariello'' that will take them to [[Australia]] and [[Japan]] before they return to Rome in [[1925 in aviation#November|November]].<ref name="flight19251001">{{cite journal|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200644.html?search=italian%20flight%20to%20tokyo|title=Italian Flight to Tokyo Accomplished|journal=Flight|date = 1 October 1925|page= 644}}</ref><ref name="flight19251112">{{cite journal|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200756.html?search=rome%20tokyo%20rome|title=Rome-Tokyo-Rome: Marquis de Pinedo's Grand Air Tour Successfully Concluded|journal=Flight|date= 12 November 1925|page= 756}}</ref>

===May===
* May 1 - The [[Imperial Japanese Army Air Force|Imperial Japanese Army Air Corps]] is established under the command of [[Lieutenant General]] [[Kinichi Yasumitsu]]. It has 3,700 personnel and about 500 aircraft.<ref>{{cite book|last=Francillon|first=René J.|title=Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War|location=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1979|isbn=978-0-87021-313-7|page=30}}</ref>
* May 4 – Italian legislation sets the peacetime strength of the ''[[Regia Aeronautica]]'' (Italian Royal Air Force) at 182 [[Squadron (aviation)|squadrons]], with 78 of them assigned directly to the air force, 69 to the [[Royal Italian Army|Italian Royal Army]], and 35 to the ''[[Regia Marina]]'' (Italian Royal Navy). The army and navy are given temporary command of the squadrons assigned to them for the length of time it takes to train them for wartime operations.<ref>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. 58.</ref>

===June===
* June 10 – Italian aviator [[Francesco de Pinedo]] and his mechanic, Ernesto Campanelli, arrive at [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], after a 50-day flight from [[Rome]] in the  [[SIAI S.16|SIAI S.16''ter'']] [[flying boat]] ''Gennariello'' during which they have made 27 intermediate stops without serious mishaps. They will remain in Melbourne for 36 days before continuing their journey through Australia and to [[Japan]].<ref name="flight19251001"/>
* June 20 – Off [[New England]], a [[United States Coast Guard]] [[Vought UO|Vought UO-1]] becomes the first aircraft to pursue a [[rum-runner]].<ref name="uscg1915">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webaircraft/CGAviationHistory1916_1938.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012012530/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webaircraft/CGAviationHistory1916_1938.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-12 |title=A Chronological History of Coast Guard Aviation: The Early Years, 1915-1938 }}</ref>
* June 24 – Off New England, a U.S. Coast Guard Vought UO-1 becomes the first aircraft to assist in the capture of a rum-runner.<ref name="uscg1915"/>

===July===
* July 1 – The [[United States Post Office Department]] inaugurates 24-hour transcontinental [[Airmails of the United States|air mail]] service. Previously, mailplanes had not flown at night and trains had carried the mail during the hours of darkness, but the completion of a coast-to-coast system of lighted beacons has allowed night flying to become practical along the entire route. The day-and-night flying allows the transcontinental air mail service to deliver mail notably faster than train-only service for the first time.<ref>Jensen, Richard, "The Suicide Club," ''Aviation History'', May 2017, pp. 63, 64, 65.</ref>
* July 13 - [[Western Air Express]], the future [[Western Airlines]], is founded. It will begin flight operations in [[1926 in aviation#April|April 1926]].
* July 16 – Italian aviator [[Francesco de Pinedo]] and his mechanic Ernesto Campanelli resume their flight from [[Italy]] to [[East Asia]] and the [[Western Pacific Ocean|Western Pacific]], flying from [[Melbourne]] to [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], in the  [[SIAI S.16|SIAI S.16''ter'']] [[flying boat]] ''Gennariello'' after a 36-day stay in Melbourne. They had left [[Rome]] 86 days earlier and made 28 intermediate stops before arriving in Sydney. They will remain in Sydney for 21 days before continuing their journey through Australia and to [[Japan]].<ref name="flight19251001"/>

===August===
* The [[Government of Italy|Italian government's]] Commission for Aeronautics is replaced by a new Ministry of Aeronautics. The ''[[Regia Aeronautica]]'' (Royal Air Force), formerly subordinate to the commission, is subordinated to the new ministry.<ref>Gardiner, Robert, ed., ''Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1906-1921'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|0-87021-907-3}}, p. 252.</ref>
* August 6 – Italian aviator [[Francesco de Pinedo]] and his mechanic Ernesto Campanelli resume their flight from [[Italy]] to [[East Asia]] and the [[Western Pacific Ocean|Western Pacific]], departing [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], in the  [[SIAI S.16|SIAI S.16''ter'']] [[flying boat]] ''Gennariello'' on their way to [[Tokyo]].<ref name="flight19251001"/>
* August 7–9 – Flying in [[France]] on the route [[Chartres]]–[[Étampes]]–[[Toussus-le-Noble]]–Chartres, the French aviators Jules Landry and Maurice Drouhin set a closed-circuit distance record of {{convert|4,400|km|mi|abbr=off|sp=us}} in 45 hours 11 minutes 59 seconds in a [[Farman F.62]].
* August 31 – Two [[United States Navy]] [[Naval Aircraft Factory PN]]-9 [[flying boat]]s take off from [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], in an attempt to make the first transpacific flight from [[North America]] to the [[Hawaiian Islands]], planning to arrive on September&nbsp;1 after an overnight flight expected to last about 26 hours. The first PN-9 to depart loses oil pressure and is forced down {{convert|300|mi|nmi km}} from San Francisco; the [[destroyer]] {{USS|William Jones|DD-308}} rescues its crew and [[Towing|tows]] it back to port. The second plane to depart, piloted by [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] [[John Rodgers (naval officer, World War I)|John Rodgers]], is forced down in the Pacific Ocean on September&nbsp;1 after flying {{convert|1,841.12|mi|nmi km}} nonstop. Rodgers and his three crewmen then sail the aircraft as a boat {{convert|450|nmi|0|abbr=off|lk=in}} farther toward [[Hawaii]] before the U.S. Navy submarine {{USS|R-4|SS-81}} picks them up {{convert|10|nmi|0|abbr=off}} north of [[Kauai]] on September&nbsp;10. Although unsuccessful, their flight sets a world nonstop distance record for Class C [[seaplane]]s which will stand until 1930.<ref>"Flight to Hawaiian Islands," in James Langland (ed.), ''The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year-Book for 1926.'' Chicago: Chicago Daily News Company, 1925; pg. 629.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/chronology-of-aviation-in-hawaii/1920-1929|title= Aviation Hawaii: 1920-1929 Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii}}</ref>

===September===
* The [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] [[Avia BH-21|Avia BH-21R]] racer wins the Czechoslovak national air races, covering the {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}} course at an average speed of {{convert|300.59|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref name=donald/>{{rp|72}}
* September 1 &ndash; After modifications, the [[aircraft carrier]] {{HMS|Furious|47|6}} returns to service with the [[Royal Navy]] as the first ship ever to be equipped with a [[round-down]]<ref name=sturtivant>{{cite book|last=Sturtivant|first=Ray|title=British Naval Aviation: The Fleet Air Arm, 1917-1990|url=https://archive.org/details/britishnavalavia00rays|url-access=registration|location=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1990|isbn=0-87021-026-2}}</ref>{{rp|215}} Located at the after end of her [[flight deck]], the round-down, which improves air flow and gives pilots landing aboard ''Furious'' greater confidence, will become standard on aircraft carriers.<ref name=sturtivant/>{{rp|12}}
* September 2 &ndash; The U.S. Navy [[dirigible]] {{USS|Shenandoah|ZR-1}} breaks up in a storm and crashes near [[Caldwell, Ohio|Caldwell]], [[Ohio]], killing 14 of her crew. Twenty-nine crew members survive.
* September 3 &ndash; The [[Spanish Navy]] aviation ship [[Spanish seaplane carrier Dédalo|''Dédalo'']], the only ship ever built capable of operating [[airship]]s, [[balloon]]s, and [[seaplanes]], accompanies a Spanish fleet to [[Morocco]] to participate in the [[Rif War (1920)|Rif War]]. Her aircraft and one of the airships she operates support the Spanish campaign to capture [[Ajir]], which falls on October 2. She is the only [[Europe]]an aviation ship to see combat between the end of the [[Russian Civil War]] and the beginning of [[World War II]].<ref name=layman>{{cite book|last=Layman|first=R. D.|title=Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1849-1922|location=Annapolis|date=1989|isbn=978-0-87021-210-9}}</ref>{{rp|103, 105}}
* September 15 – The Bolivian airline [[Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano]] is founded.
* September 23 &ndash; The Bolivian airline Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano begins flight operations, flying a [[Junkers F.13]] which takes off from [[Cochabamba]], [[Bolivia]].
* September 26 – Italian aviator [[Francesco de Pinedo]] and his mechanic Ernesto Campanelli arrive in [[Tokyo]] in the  [[SIAI S.16|SIAI S.16''ter'']] [[flying boat]] ''Gennariello'' after a 58-day flight from [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], during which they have made 19 intermediate stops. They had departed [[Rome]] 158 days earlier and made 48 intermediate stops, including lengthy stays in [[Melbourne]] and Sydney, Australia, on their way to Tokyo, all without an engine change or any serious mishaps.<ref name="flight19251001"/>

===October===
* October 3<ref name=layman/>{{rp|66}} or 30<ref name="Thetford, Owen 1991, p. 123">{{cite book|last=Thetford|first=Owen|title=British Naval Aircraft Since 1912|edition=Sixth|location=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1991|isbn=1-55750-076-2|page=123}}</ref> &ndash; The [[Royal Navy]] [[cruiser]] [[HMS Vindictive (1918)|''Vindictive'']] launches a [[Fairey III]]D [[floatplane]] by [[Aircraft catapult|catapult]]. It is the first catapult launch of a standard British naval aircraft from a ship at sea.<ref name=layman/>{{rp|66}}<ref name="Thetford, Owen 1991, p. 123"/>
* October 15 &ndash; The British [[airship]] ''[[R33-class airship|R.33]]'' successfully launches a [[de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird]] piloted by [[Flying Officer]] [[Campbell MacKenzie-Richards]] and Flying Officer Riggs in flight.
* October 16 &ndash; The [[Air Union]] [[Farman F.60 Goliath]] F-HMFU ''Île de France'' crashes at [[Wadhurst]], [[East Sussex]], [[England]], during a scheduled passenger flight from England to [[Paris]], [[France]]. Three of the six people aboard die and two suffer injuries.<ref name=Times171025>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Air Accidents in the Fog |date=17 October 1925 |page=12 |issue=44095 |column=D}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19251016-0 |title=Aviation Safety Network: Accident Description}}</ref>
* October 17 – Italian aviator [[Francesco de Pinedo]] and his mechanic Ernesto Campanelli depart [[Tokyo]] in the  [[SIAI S.16|SIAI S.16''ter'']] [[flying boat]] ''Gennariello'' after a 21-day stay to begin the homeward leg of their flight from [[Rome]] to [[Australia]] and Tokyo and back again. The only engine change of what has so far been a 187-day, 49-stop flight has been made in Tokyo.<ref name="flight19251112"/>
* October 18
**[[Joseph Sadi-Lecointe]] wins the [[Beumont Cup]], with a speed of {{convert|194|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.
**American professional baseball player [[Marv Goodwin]] of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] is seriously injured during [[Military reserve force|reserve]] duty with the [[United States Army Air Service]] when the plane he is piloting during a training exercise goes into a [[tailspin]] at an altitude of {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} and crash-lands at [[Ellington Field]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. He will die of his injuries on October 21, the first professional athlete killed as the result of a plane crash.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planecrashinfo.com/famous1920s.htm|website=planecrashinfo.com|title=Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1920s|access-date=2015-12-22|archive-date=2015-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211033839/http://planecrashinfo.com/famous1920s.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* October 19 &ndash; Frank T. Courtney makes the first flight in the [[United Kingdom]] by a [[rotary-wing aircraft]], demonstrating the [[Cierva C.4]] [[autogiro]] for the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]] near [[Farnborough Airfield]].
* October 25 &ndash; A storm with {{convert|80|mph|0|adj=on}} winds strikes [[Bay Shore Park (Maryland)|Bay Shore Park]] in [[Maryland]] on the [[Chesapeake Bay]], where the [[United States Navy]] has moored 23 [[Curtiss SC]]-1 [[biplane]] [[floatplane]]s, planning to fly them in an [[air show]] demonstration during the next day's [[Schneider Trophy]] race. The gale breaks the {{convert|3|in|adj=on}} mooring lines of 17 of the floatplanes, which then are dashed against [[seawall]]s or the shore. Seven of the planes are destroyed and 10 damaged. The 26&nbsp;October afternoon edition of the ''[[Baltimore Evening Sun]]'' has the headline "Plane Disaster in Harbor Called Hard Blow to Navy" and quotes [[United States Army Air Service]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] [[Billy Mitchell (general)|William "Billy" Mitchell]], who calls the loss of the CS-1s "staggering" and blames it on U.S. Navy mismanagement of its aviation program.<ref>"Air and Auto Races Called Off by Rain— Schneider Cup Dash And Laurel Contest Postponed", ''The Evening Sun'' (Baltimore), October 24, 1925, p.1</ref><ref>"ATLANTIC GALE WRECKS 17 COSTLY PLANES— Begin Inquiry Into New Blow at Navy Bureau", ''Akron (O.) Beacon Journal'', October 26, 1925, p.1</ref><ref>Small, Robert T., "Plane Disaster in Harbor Called Hard Blow to Navy", ''The Evening Sun'' (Baltimore), October 26, 1925, p.1</ref><ref>Gough, Michael, "''Doolittle Wins In Baltimore''", ''Airpower'', November 2005, Volume 35, Number 11, page 50.</ref>
* October 26 &ndash; The 1925 [[Schneider Trophy]] race is flown at [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], in the [[United States]]. [[Jimmy Doolittle]] of the [[United States Army Air Service]] wins in a [[Curtiss R3C|Curtiss R3C-2]] at an average speed of {{convert|374.2|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.

===November===
* In mid-month, [[Farman Aviation Works]] [[test pilot]] Louis Bossoutrot sets several load-related world aviation records in the prototype of the [[Farman F.140 Super Goliath]], reaching an altitude of {{convert|4,990|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} with a useful load of {{convert|2,000|kg|lb|abbr=off}}, an altitude of {{convert|3,586|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} with a useful load of {{convert|5,000|kg|lb|abbr=off}} and a flight duration of 1 hour 12 minutes 21 seconds, and an altitude of {{convert|2,000|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} with a greatest useful load of {{convert|6,000|kg|lb|abbr=off}}.
* November 7 – Italian aviator [[Francesco de Pinedo]] and his mechanic Ernesto Campanelli return to [[Rome]], completing a 201-day flight covering around {{convert|35,000|mi|km|abbr=off|sp=us}} in the [[SIAI S.16|SIAI S.16''ter'']] [[flying boat]] ''Gennariello''. Departing Rome on [[1925 in aviation#April|April 21]], their outbound route had taken to them to [[Brindisi]] in [[Italy]]; [[Leros]] in [[Greece]]; [[Baghdad]] in [[Iraq]]; [[Bushehr]] and [[Chabar]] in [[Persia]]; [[Karachi]], [[Bombay]], [[Cocanada]], and [[Calcutta]] in [[British India]]; [[Akyab]], [[Rangoon]], [[Tavoy]], and [[Mergui]] in [[Burma]]; [[Phuket]] in [[Siam]]; [[Penang]] in [[British Malaya]]; [[Singapore]]; [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], [[Surabaya]], [[Sumbawa]], and [[Kupang]] in the [[Netherlands East Indies]], and [[Broome, Western Australia|Broome]], [[Carnarvon, Western Australia|Carnarvon]], [[Perth]], [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]], [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]], [[Israelite Bay, Western Australia|Israelite Bay]], [[Adelaide]], and [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], where they had arrived on June 10 and spent just over five weeks before proceeding to [[Sydney]], where they had arrived on July 16 and spent another three weeks. Resuming their flight on August 6, they had visited [[Brisbane]], [[Rockhampton]], [[Townsville]], [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]], and [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]], and [[Thursday Island, Queensland|Thursday Island]], Australia; [[Merauke]], [[Aru Islands Regency|Dobo]], [[Ambon, Maluku|Amboina]], and [[Manado|Menado]] in the Netherlands East Indies; [[Cebu]], [[Atimonan]], [[Manila]], and [[Aparri]] in the [[Philippines]]; [[Tamsui]] on [[Formosa]]; [[Shanghai]] in [[China]]; [[Mokpo]] in [[Korea]]; and [[Yamakawa, Fukuoka|Yamakawa]] and [[Kagoshima]], [[Japan]], before arriving in [[Tokyo]] on September 26. After a three-week stay there, they had begun their return journey on October 17, a 15,000-mile (24,155-kilometer) trip that they make in only 22 days, with stops at Kagoshima; Shanghai; [[Hong Kong]]; [[Haiphong]] and [[Saigon]] in [[French Indochina]]; [[Bangkok]] in Siam; Rangoon; Calcutta, [[Benares]], [[Delhi]], and Karachi in British India; [[Bandar Abbas]] in Persia; Baghdad; [[Alexandretta]] in [[Turkey]]; and [[Taranto]] in Italy before arriving in Rome. The entire journey, made without special preparations for support at any of the stops and involving two long flights – of {{convert|600|and|1,200|mi|km}} – across the dry land of the [[Indian subcontinent]] in a non-[[Amphibious aircraft|amphibious]] flying boat, proceeds without major incident and requires only one engine change, carried out at Tokyo. [[Flight (magazine)|''Flight'']] describes the journey as "the most extensive aerial tour on record."<ref name="flight19251001"/><ref name="flight19251112"/> 
* November 20 &ndash; [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] holds a [[state funeral]] in [[Berlin]] for fighter pilot [[Manfred von Richthofen]], the top-scoring [[flying ace|ace]] of [[World War I]] with 80 aerial victories. He had been shot down and killed on 21 April 1918.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kilduff|first=Peter|title=The Red Baron: Beyond the Legend|location=London|publisher=Cassell|date=1994|isbn=0-304-35207-1|page=161}}</ref>

==First flights==
* [[Abrial A-2 Vautour]]
* [[Aero A.11]]
* [[Curtiss Carrier Pigeon]]
* [[Curtiss Lark]]
* [[Detroit G1 Gull]]
* [[Dewoitine D.14]] (between 20&nbsp;January and 4&nbsp;February)
* [[Dewoitine D.19]]
* [[Dewoitine D.21]]
* [[Farman F.130]]
* [[Farman F.170 Jabiru]]
* [[Grigorovich SUVP]]
* [[Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing]]
* [[Westland Yeovil]]

===January===
* [[Avia BH-21]]<ref name=donald/>{{rp|72}}
* January 3 - [[Fairey Fox]]
* January 5 - [[Short Singapore]]

===February===
* [[Gloster Gamecock]]
* [[Latécoère 15]]
* [[Thomas-Morse TM-24]]<ref name=angelucci/>{{rp|424}}
* February 22 &ndash; [[de Havilland Moth]]<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Mondey|editor-first=David|title=The Complete Illustrated History of the World{{'}}s Aircraft|location=Secaucus|publisher=Chartwell Books, Inc.|date=1978|isbn=0-89009-771-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/completeillustra00mond/page/30 30]|url=https://archive.org/details/completeillustra00mond/page/30}}</ref>

===March===
* [[Avro Andover|Avro 563 Andover]]
* March 10 – [[Supermarine Southampton]]

===April===
* April 22 – [[Junkers J 29]]

===May===
* May 2 - [[Douglas C-1]]
* May 10 - [[Armstrong Whitworth Atlas]]
* May 26 - [[Bäumer Sausewind|Bäumer B II Sausewind]]

===June===
* June 4 — [[Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.9]]

===July===
* July 6 - [[Douglas DAM]]
* July 7 - [[Boeing 40]]
* July 29 - [[Blériot 155]]

===August===

* August 24 – [[Supermarine S.4]]
* August 29 – [[Gloster III]]

===September===
* September 11 – [[Curtiss R3C|Curtiss R3C-1]]<ref name=angelucci/>{{rp|124}}

===November===
* November 9 - [[Fairey Firefly (biplane)]]
* November 26 - [[Tupolev TB-1]]

===December===
* [[Curtiss P-2|Curtiss P-2 Hawk]]<ref name=angelucci/>{{rp|131}}
* Curtiss XP-2, a modified Curtiss P-2 Hawk<ref name=angelucci/>{{rp|131}}

==Entered service==

===January===
* [[Kawanishi K-7 Transport Seaplane]] with [[Japan Aviation Company Ltd]]

===May===
* May 15 – [[Junkers G.23]] with [[Swedish Air Lines]]

===August===
* [[Curtiss F6C]] with the [[United States Navy]]
* August 17 – [[Curtiss P-1 Hawk]] with [[1st Pursuit Group]], [[United States Army Air Service]]

===December===
* [[Handley Page Hyderabad]] with the [[Royal Air Force]]'s [[No. 99 Squadron RAF|No. 9 (Bomber) Squadron]], last RAF heavy bomber of wooden construction to enter squadron service<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/archive-exhibitions/not-quite-extinct/handley-page-hyderabad-and-hinaidi.aspx|website= rafmuseum.org.uk|title=Handley Page Hyderabad and Hinaidi}}</ref>

==Retirements==
* May – [[Westland Weasel]] by the [[Royal Air Force]]
* Late 1925 – [[Westland Walrus]] by the Royal Air Force

==Births==
* March 20 – [[David Warren (inventor)|David Warren]], Australian aviation scientist, inventor of the [[cockpit voice recorder]] (d. [[2010 in aviation|2010]])

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