LATVIAN AVIATION ITEMS FROM "LATVIJAS KAREIVIS" NEWSPAPER - 1929
- JANUARY
- January 1 - no aviation items
- January 3 - no aviation items
- January 4 - no aviation items
- January 5 - no aviation items
- January 6 - no aviation items
- January 8
- Latvian aviators depart on a goodwill visit to Lithuania.
- Two Soviet passenger aircraft (Junkers W33 and F13) visit Riga.
- Commercial air service through Riga will resume in May.
- January 9 - no aviation items
- January 10
- Report on the latvian aviators visiting LIthuania.
- January 11
- Report on the latvian aviators visiting Lithuania.
- January 12 - no aviation items
- January 13 - no aviation items
- January 15
- Reception held in honor of the latvian aviators visiting Lithuania.
- Lt.Putnins establishes a new Latvian altitude record (7000 m) over Riga.
- January 16
- Report on the latvian aviators visit to Lithuania (now returned)
- January 17 - no aviation items
- January 18 - no aviation items
- January 19 - no aviation items
- January 20 - no aviation items
- January 22 - no aviation items
- January 23 - no aviation items
- January 24 - no aviation items
- January 25 - no aviation items
- January 26 - no aviation items
- January 29 - no aviation items
- January 30 - no aviation items
- January 31
- Pay scale issues clarified for officers receiving flight training.
- FEBRUARY
- February 1 - no aviation items
- February 2 - no aviation items
- February 3
- Backman A/S contracted to build a floatplane for the military
- February 4 - no aviation items
- February 5
- Aircraft on standy in search for missing ship in Gulf of Riga.
- February 7 - no aviation items
- February 8
- Janis Skurbe, father of Aviation Regiment Commander Lt.Col.Skurbe, dies in a Jelgava hospital.
- February 9
- British aviator V.Moon will demonstrate a Martinsyde ADC1 at Spilve.
- February 10
- Aircraft used to take upper altitude meteorological readings at Spilve.
- February 12 - no aviation items
- February 13 - no aviation items
- February 14 - no aviation items
- February 15 - no aviation items
- February 16 - no aviation items
- February 17 - no aviation items
- February 19 - no aviation items
- February 20 - no aviation items
- February 22 - no aviation items
- February 23 - no aviation items
- February 24 - no aviation items
- February 25 - no aviation items
- February 27 - no aviation items
- February 28 - no aviation items
- MARCH
- March 1
- Capt.Munteris takes an aircraft out over the Gulf of Riga to inspect ice conditions.
- March 2
- Talks are underway for a Riga-New York long distance flight.
- Results of the previous days' ice reconnaissance flight.
- Aviation Regiment pilots have been asked to look out for and report forest fires.
- March 3
- The Backman company has been contracted to build a floatplane for the Naval Air Unit.
- March 5
- Aviation Regiment private N.Vackevics is found guilty of negligent manslaughter.
- March 6
- Flights continue in the area of Kolka to report on ice conditions.
- March 7 - no aviation items
- March 8 - no aviation items
- March 9 - no aviation items
- March 10
- Flights are being made on an almost daily basis to monitor ice conditions in the Gulf of Riga.
- March 12 - no aviation items
- March 13 - no aviation items
- March 14
- A.Zarins of the Naval Aviation Section is promoted to the rank of Captain.
- March 15 - no aviation items
- March 16
- Construction will begin in spring to upgrade facilities at Spilve.
- New agreement signed with "Deruluft" for air service through Riga.
- March 17
- Air service through Riga will resume on May 15.
- March 19 - no aviation items
- March 20 - no aviation items
- March 21 - no aviation items
- March 22
- Air Regiment creates a protocal for their pilots to report any forest fires they observe.
- March 23 - no aviation items
- March 24 - no aviation items
- March 26 - no aviation items
- March 27 - no aviation items
- March 28 - no aviation items
- March 31
- Flight school, scheduled to resume in the spring, is delayed until autumn.
- APRIL
- April 4
- Aircraft dispatched to report on ice conditions in the Gulf or Riga.
- April 5 - no aviation items
- April 6 - no aviation items
- April 7 - no aviation items
- April 9
- Report: Plane crash at Bolderaja.
- April 10
- Details of plane crash at Bolderaja.
- Polar aviator Cechnovskis delivers lecture in Riga.
- April 11
- Work resumes on Spilve upgrade after winter halt.
- April 12 - no aviation items
- April 13 - no aviation items
- April 14 - no aviation items
- April 16 - no aviation items
- April 17
- Aviation Regiment receives approval to operate a lottery for the benefit of families of deceased flyers.
- April 18
- Representative of "Deruluft" in Riga to renew the expired civil aviation agreement.
- April 19 - no aviation items
- April 20
- Reduced rates will be offered on some Riga-Berlin "Deruluft" flights.
- Aviation Regiment confirms that it will be arranging Aviation Festivals staring in June.
- April 21 - no aviation items
- April 23
- Ice dams create flooding in Daugava - Spilve under water.
- April 24
- Report on the continuing flooding at Spilve.
- April 25
- Flood waters begin to recede at Spilve
- Ltn. J.Andersons found guilty of assault upon Av.Regment member Indrikis Vistina.
- April 26
- Report on flood damage at Spilve.
- April 27 - no aviation items
- April 28 - no aviation items
- April 30 - no aviation items
- MAY
- May 1
- Capt Zarins to receive the Clifford Harmon award
- May 3
- Report on Capt.Zarins award ceremony.
- Announcement that Spilve/Riga Aviation Festival will take place on June 2.
- Announcement of the new Lottery benefitting the families of deceased aviators.
- May 4 - no aviation items
- May 5 - no aviation items
- May 7 - no aviation items
- May 8
- Deruluft signs an agreement with the Latvian authorities for air service from May 1929 - May 1930.
- May 9 - no aviation items
- May 11 - no aviation items
- May 12 - no aviation items
- May 14
- Sgt.Rudzitis of the Aviation Regiment wins a weightlifting class in the Army Sport Games.
- The first civilian airliner of the season passed through Riga/Spilve on May 13.
- May 15 - no aviation items
- May 16 - no aviation items
- May 17
- Announcement that the next Aviation Regiment flight training program will begin on Sept.15 and applications are now being accepted.
- Lithuanian aviators will be visiting Latvia on June 2 and Estonian fliers will visit on June 7.
- Lt.Janis Andersons loses his appeal and is confirmed as guilty as charged of assaulting Aviation Regiment's Sgt.Indrikis Viestins.
- May 18 - no aviation items
- May 19
- Alfreds Jegins of the Aviation Regiment requests, and is granted, his release from military service.
- May 21 - no aviation items
- May 24 - no aviation items
- May 25
- Item describing Aviation Festival scheduled for June 2 in Riga.
- May 26
- Brief description of the first Riga Aviation Festival, 20 years ago.
- May 28
- Item describing the aerobatic inside loop, which will be demonstrated at Sunday's Aviation Festival.
- Brief report on this year's civil air service through Riga.
- May 29
- Announcement that the new Aviation Lottery tickets will be sold at the Aviation Festival.
- May 30 - no aviation items
- May 31 - no aviation items
- JUNE
- June 1 - no aviation items
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