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1919 In Aviation style="background:#d6e6f6;border-bottom:solid 2px #87CEEB;"|Years in aviation | | lign=center|1914 | | lign=center|1915 | | lign=center|1916 | | lign=center|1917 | | lign=center|1918 | | lign=center style="background:#87CEEB"|1919 | | lign=center|1920 | | lign=center|1921 | | lign=center|1922 | | lign=center|1923 | | lign=center|1924 | This is a list of aviation-related events from 1919: Events January February March April May June - June 1 - A permanent flight of aircraft is stationed in San Diego to serve as a forest fire patrol. The machines are war-surplus Curtiss JN-4s.
- June 12 - Baroness Raymonde de Laroche breaks the women's altitude record, flying to a height of 5,150 m (16,896 ft).
- June 14 - Cpt John Alcock and Lt Arthur Whitten Brown set out on the first successful non-stop Atlantic crossing, flying a Vickers Vimy from Newfoundland to Ireland in 16 hours. They win 10,000 from the Daily Mail and are both knighted.
- June 23 - six Zeppelins (LZ 46, LZ 79, LZ 91, LZ103, LZ 110, and LZ 111) are destroyed at Nordholz by their own crews in order to prevent them from falling into Allied hands.
July August September October November December First flights February April May June December Entered service
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