Details, Explanation and Meaning About 1969 in aviation

1969 in aviation Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

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

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

Table of contents
1 Events
2 First flights
3 Entered service

Events

March May
  • May 4-11 - the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown's crossing. It is won by a Royal Navy F-4 Phantom, taking 4 hours 47 minutes.
  • May 26 - the US Air Force cancels the AH-56 Cheyenne program, worth $US 900 million.

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
  • December 18 - the England-Australia Commemorative Air Race 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 Britten-Norman Islander

First flights

February
March September

Entered service

October


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