  this is a list of aviation-related events from 1917: == events == * during her 30 november 1916 â 24 february 1918 cruise, the imperial german navy commerce raider wolf carries a friedrichshafen ff.33e seaplane nicknamed wÃ¶lfchen ("little wolf" or "wolf cub"), which during 1917 singlehandedly captures at least four of the 37 enemy ships wolf captures and sinks during her cruise. wÃ¶lfchen makes between 54 and 56 flights, the most by any world war i shipboard aircraft.layman, r.d., before the aircraft carrier: the development of aviation vessels 1849-1922, annapolis, maryland: naval institute press, 1989, isbn 0-87021-210-9, p. 30. * the aircraft committee of the royal navys grand fleet decides to phase balloon ships out of naval service. the balloon ships are returned to mercantile service, or converted into balloon depot ships (to inflate and maintain balloons for use by other ships) or seaplane carriers.layman, r.d., before the aircraft carrier: the development of aviation vessels 1849-1922, annapolis, maryland: naval institute press, 1989, isbn 0-87021-210-9, pp. 73, 75. * the imperial russian navy operates the worlds second-most-powerful seaplane carrier force, behind only that of the british royal navy.layman, r.d., before the aircraft carrier: the development of aviation vessels 1849-1922, annapolis, maryland: naval institute press, 1989, isbn 0-87021-210-9, p. 96. * the gallaudet aircraft company changes its name to gallaudet aircraft corporation.angelucci, enzo, the american fighter: the definitive guide to american fighter aircraft from 1917 to the present, new york: orion books, 1987, p. 202. * the french armys service aeronautique experiments with the use of a breguet 14 as an air ambulance for rapid casualty evacuation on the western front.donald, david, ed., the complete encyclopedia of world aircraft, new york: barnes & noble books, 1997, isbn 0-7607-0592-5, p. 185. ===january=== * the thomas brothers aeroplane company merges with the morse chain works to form the thomas-morse aircraft corporation in ithaca, new york.angelucci, enzo, the american fighter: the definitive guide to american fighter aircraft from 1917 to the present, new york: orion books, 1987, isbn 0-517-56588-9, p. 417. * january 9 - the royal navy seaplane carrier ben-my-chree is sunk by ottoman artillery while in harbor at castelorizo island, becoming the only aviation ship of an
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