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Aircraft by century or decade of first flight. 19th century; 20th century; 21st century; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; ... Category: 1920s aircraft. 8 languages ...
T. O. M. Sopwith, Harry Hawker, Fred Sigrist and Bill Eyre form a successor company known as H. G. Hawker Engineering. September 20 – The 1920 Schneider Trophy race is flown at Venice, Italy. Lieutenant Luigi Bolgna in a Savoia S.12 is the only starter and wins simply by finishing the race, with an average speed of 172.6 km/h (107.2 mph).
In the 1920s, Fokker entered its glory years, becoming the world's largest aircraft manufacturer by the late 1920s. [ citation needed ] Its greatest success was the 1925 F.VIIa/3m trimotor passenger aircraft, which was used by 54 airline companies worldwide and captured 40% of the American market in 1936.
Known for its innovation, de Havilland was responsible for a number of important aircraft, including the Moth biplane which revolutionised aviation in the 1920s; the 1930s Fox Moth, a commercial light passenger aircraft; the wooden World War II Mosquito multirole aircraft; and the pioneering passenger jet airliner Comet. [1]
The areas of the world covered by commercial air routes in 1925. Sometimes dubbed the Golden Age of Aviation, [1] the period in the history of aviation between the end of World War I (1918) and the beginning of World War II (1939) was characterised by a progressive change from the slow wood-and-fabric biplanes of World War I to fast, streamlined metal monoplanes, creating a revolution in both ...
Civil aircraft of the 1920s. Agricultural • Cargo • Mailplanes • Sailplanes • Sports • Trainer • Utility Military aircraft of the 1920s. Attack • Bomber • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Trainer • Transport • Utility Miscellaneous aircraft of the 1920s; Experimental • Special-purpose
United States aircraft of the 1920s; Military: Anti-submarine aircraft • Attack • Bomber • Electronic warfare • Experimental • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Trainer • Transport • Utility
Ford Trimotor interior. In the early 1920s, Henry Ford, along with a group of 19 others including his son Edsel, invested in the Stout Metal Airplane Company.Stout, a bold and imaginative salesman, sent a mimeographed form letter to leading manufacturers, blithely asking for $1,000 with the line, "For your one thousand dollars you will get one definite promise: You will never get your money ...