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

1 Events

• Bessie Coleman attends flying school in France and became the first licensed African-American female pilot.
• Mexicana de Aviacion begins service.

June

• BoeingThe Boeing Company ( NYSE:BA) is a leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities near Seattle, Washington. It is also a defense contractor. It is listed on the New York Sto 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 8June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. Events 536 St. Silverius becomes Pope (probable date). 1776 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivieres American invaders are driven bac - the US Army carries out the first experiments in cabin pressurisation , using a de Havilland DH.4 .
• June 13June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. Events 1625 King Charles I is married to the French princess Henrietta Maria de Bourbon 1777 American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette la - the US Army and Navy begin trials in Chesapeake BayThe Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Virginia and Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay's watershed covers 64,000 miles² (165,760 km²) in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New 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.

July

• Douglas Aircraft Company founded.

August

• 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

• 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 .

October

• 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.

November

• 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

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