1929 in Science - Aviation

Aviation

• July 5 - The Curtiss-Wright corporation is founded.
• August 8–29 - The German airship Graf Zeppelin makes a round-the-world flight.
• September 24 - Jimmy Doolittle takes off, flies over a set course, and lands by flight instruments alone.
• November 29 - US Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
• December 16 - The British airship R100 makes its maiden flight, incorporating Barnes Wallis' pioneering use of a geodetic airframe.
• December 5 - Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation is founded.