1915
Jan, 05United States Signal Corps,
Lt. J. C. Carberry, S.C., along with a passenger set a new two-man altitude record of 11,690 in a Curtiss OX 100.
Jan, 19 Zeppelin airships raid Britain for the first time.
Mar, 03 The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA, was established in the USA. This organization later became NASA.
May, 31 A Zeppelin airship of the German Army attacked London.
Jul, 03United States Signal Corps,
Lt. B.Q. Jones, at San Diego, became the first Army officer to loop an airplane.
Nov, 19United States Signal Corps,
Six aircraft made the Army's first cross-country flight from Fort Sill, OK. to Houston, TX.
Dec, 11United States Signal Corps,
Radio messages were received in an Army airplane at a distance of 10 miles for the first time. The experiment was conducted in the philippines using an Army Burgess-Wright airplane.
Dec, 11United States Signal Corps,
The first foreign officers to become flying students in a U.S. Army school reported to the U.S. Signal Corps Aviation School at San Diego, CA. The students consisted of four portuguese Army Officers.
Dec, 12 First flight of the Junkers J.1, the world's first all metal cantilever monoplane.