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== Events == == Events ==
'''March'''
⚫ * The RAF's No 1 Sqn became the first operational fixed wing ] squadron in the world, July.
* ]-] - the ] airlifts 300 troops to ] in reponse to the civil unrest that had broken out on the island.


'''May'''
⚫ * July: ] is the first man to walk on the moon.
* ]-] - the ] commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown's crossing. It is won by a ] ], taking 4 hours 47 minutes.
⚫ *World champion boxer ] perishes when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.
* ] - the ] cancels the ] program, worth $US 900 million.


'''June'''
* ] - US bombing of ] recommences, after a seven month ceasefire.
* ] - ] is sunk by ] from US aircraft. Five of her crew are killed. ] is also attacked with ] missiles, and two crewmen killed.
* ] - ], ], ] and two US ]s are attacked by US aircraft.

'''July'''
⚫ * ] became the first operational fixed wing ] squadron in the world
⚫ * ] - ] is the first man to walk on the moon.

'''August'''
* ] - ] sets a new piston-engine airspeed record in a heavily modified ] named ''Conquest I''. His record speed of 478 mph (769 km/h) topples a record that had stood for 30 years.
⚫ * ] - World champion boxer ] perishes when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.

'''October'''
* ] - ] introduces an inertial navigation system on its aircraft, becoming the first airline to dispense with the need for a navigator aboard.

'''December'''
* ] - the ] is flown in commemoration of the 50th anniversay of the Smith brothers' flight. It is won by W J Bright and F L Buxton in a ]


== First flights == == First flights ==
'''February'''
* ] - The ] supersonic aircraft makes its first test flight, in ].
* ] - ]
* ] is unveiled. At the time the largest passenger carrying aircraft ever built and one which was to revolutionise commercial air travel.
* ] - ]

'''March'''
* ] - BAC-Aérospatiale ]

'''September'''
* ] - ] ''N500CC''


== Entered service == == Entered service ==
'''October'''
* ] - ]


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Revision as of 09:10, 2 October 2004

Years
in aviation
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1969:

Events

March

May

June

July

August

  • August 16 - Darryl Greenamayer sets a new piston-engine airspeed record in a heavily modified F8F Bearcat named Conquest I. His record speed of 478 mph (769 km/h) topples a record that had stood for 30 years.
  • August 31 - World champion boxer Rocky Marciano perishes when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.

October

  • October 20 - Finnair introduces an inertial navigation system on its aircraft, becoming the first airline to dispense with the need for a navigator aboard.

December

First flights

February

March

September

Entered service

October

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