1921 IN AVIATION

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1921:

Events

★ Bessie Coleman attends flying school in France and became the first licensed African-American female pilot.

★ Mexicana de Aviacion begins service.

★ Boeing wins a $1,448,000 contract to build 200 Thomas-Morse MB-3 fighters for the US Army, allowing the company to abandon furniture-making.

★ June 8 - the US Army carries out the first experiments in cabin pressurisation, using a de Havilland DH.4.

★ June 13 - the US Army and Navy begin trials in Chesapeake Bay to test the effectiveness of aircraft in attacking ships. The captured German destroyer ''G-102'', light cruiser ''Frankfurt'' and battleship ''Ostfriesland'' will all be successfully sunk by aerial bombing.

★ August 11 - Schneider Trophy race flown at Venice, Italy. In an all-Italian field, Giovanni De Briganti won the race in a Macchi M-7. Speed 189.7 km/h (117.9 mph).

★ August 24 - British Airship R-38 breaks up over Hull, Yorkshire during trials, killing 44 people.

★ September 19 - the first regular scheduled airline service in Latin America commences, with Colombian airline SCADTA operating float-equipped Junkers F.13s between Barranquilla and Girandot.

★ The RAF takes over from the British Army in assuming policing duties in Iraq

★ October 15 - the Spanish airline ''Compania Española de Trafico Aereo'' is established - it will eventually form part of Iberia Airlines.

★ The 6th ''Salon d'Aeronautique'' is held in Paris. The Breguet 19 is unveiled.

★ November 5 - Curtiss test pilot Bert Acosta wins the Pulitzer Trophy in a Curtiss CR-2 and establishes a new closed-circuit airspeed record of 284.36 km/h (176.7 mph).

★ December 5 - The first regular air services in Australia commence, with West Australian Airways.

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