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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