1924 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1924:
Events
January
- January 29 - Pateras Pesara flies an experimental helicopter in Paris. The machine flew 800 metres (2,640 ft) in just over 10 minutes.
February
March
- Huff Darland Dusters is established as the world's first crop dusting company in Georgia (United States). It will eventually grow into Delta Air Service, then Delta Airlines.
- March 25 - Royal Air Force officers McLaren, Plenderleith, and Andrews set off in an attempted round-the-world flight in a Vickers Vulture II. Their attempt will ultimately fail in Siberia in early August.
April
May
June
July
August
September
- September 11 - Canada's first regular airmail service begins, with Laurentide Air Services linking Haileybury with Rouyn.
- September 28 - six Douglas World Cruisers arrive in Seattle, completing the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. They had left the city on April 6, taking 175 days for the journey.
November
December
- December 13 - in an early parasite fighter experiment, Lt Clyde Flinter unsuccessfully attempts to dock his Sperry Messenger with the US Army airship TC-3.
- December 14 - a Martin 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
March
May
June
August
- Savoia Marchetti S.55
- Hawker Cygnet
- August 21 - Fokker F.VII
September
Entered service