1925 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1925.

Events

Summer 1925 – Two Breguet 19 G.R. aircraft owned by the Japanese Asahi Shimbun newspaper group fly from Tokyo, Japan, to Paris, France.

January 1 – The French airline CIDNA is formed.

February 3–4 – In a Breguet 19 G.R., the French aviators Lemaître and Ludovic Arrachart set a world distance record, flying 3,166 km (1,967 miles) from Étampes, Paris, France, to Villa Cisneros, Spanish Sahara.

February 12 – Sabena establishes the first airline connection between Belgium and the Belgian Congo, pioneering a long-haul route to Léopoldville.

March 1 - Ryan Airline Company begins regular services.

The first in-flight movie is shown on a scheduled flight: First National's The Lost World on Imperial Airways service from London to the Continent.
The Prix Solex, a competition in France offering a prize of 55,000 FF requiring a flight of about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Paris to Rouen using less than 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) of gasoline and oil, takes place. Maurice Drouhin wins in a Salmson 3 Ad-powered Farman Aviette.

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