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

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

Events

First flights

  • March 2 - The Concorde supersonic aircraft makes its first test flight, in Bristol, England.
  • Boeing 747 is unveiled. At the time the largest passenger carrying aircraft ever built and one which was to revolutionise commercial air travel.
  • July: Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.
  • World champion boxer Rocky Marciano perishes when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.





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