1920 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1920:

Contents 1 Events 1.1 February 1.2 March 1.3 April 1.4 May 1.5 June 1.6 July 1.7 September 1.8 November 2 First flights 2.1 April 2.2 May 2.3 September 3 Entered service 3.1 August

Events

February

• February 1 - the South African Air Force is established as an independent air arm.
• February 4 - Pierre van Ryneveld and Quentin Brand set out in a Vickers Vimy from Cairo to cross Africa by air from North to South. They will arrive in Cape Town on March 20.
• February 5 - the Royal Air Force College is established at Cranwell, Lincolnshire.

March

• March 29 - Croydon replaces Hounslow as London's airport.

April

• April 17 - the Venezuelan Air Force is formed, with a flying school at Maracay

May

• May 17 - KLM and Aircraft Transport and Travel begin a joint air service between London and Amsterdam.

June

• June 4 - the US Army Reorganization Act is passed, dashing hopes for an independent air arm like Britain's Royal Air Force.

July

• July 1 - Belgium establishes the first internal air-service of any European colony with the Lara-Ligne Aérienne Roi Albert in Belgian Congo
• July 3 - the first Royal Air Force Pageant is held, at London
• July 29 - U.S. Postal Office's first transcontinental airmail flight takes off from New York

September

• September 8 - the final leg is added to the US trans-continental airmail service, across the Rocky Mountains from Omaha to Sacramento
• September 20 - Schneider Trophy race flown at Venice, Italy. Lt. Luigi Bolgna in a Savoia S.12 is the only starter. Speed 172.6 km/h (107.3 mph).

November

• November 1 - the US Post Office awards a contract for international air mail to Aeromarine West Indies Airways.
• November 16 - Qantas is formed at Longreach, Queensland.

First flights

April

• April 8 - de Havilland DH.18
• April 13 - Nieuport London

May

• May 26 - Tarrant Tabor

September

• Blackburn T.1 Swift

Entered service

August

• the Fokker F.II with KLM

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