- 1969 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1966
yp2=1967
yp3=1968
year=1969
ya1=1970
ya2=1971
ya3=1972
dp3=1930s
dp2=1940s
dp1=1950s
d=1960s
dn1=1970s
dn2=1980s
dn3=1990sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1969 :Events
* The Canadian
Snowbirds aerobatic team is formed.March
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March 18 -19 - theRoyal Air Force airlifts 300 troops toAnguilla in response to the civil unrest that had broken out on the island.May
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May 4 -11 - the "Daily Mail" Transatlantic Air Race commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown's crossing. It is won by aRoyal Navy F-4 Phantom , taking 4 hours 47 minutes.
*May 26 - theUS Army cancels the LockheedAH-56 Cheyenne program, worth $US 900 million.June
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June 5 - US bombing ofNorth Vietnam recommences, after a seven month ceasefire.July
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No. 1 Squadron RAF became the first operational fixed wingVTOL squadron in the world
*July 20 -Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.August
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August 16 -Darryl Greenamyer sets a new piston-engine airspeed record in a heavily modifiedF8F 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 boxerRocky Marciano dies when the plane in which he was a passenger crashes.October
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October 20 -Finnair introduces aninertial navigation system on its aircraft, becoming the first airline to dispense with the need for a navigator aboard.December
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December 18 - theEngland-Australia Commemorative Air Race is flown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Smith brothers' flight. It is won by W. J. Bright and F. L. Buxton in aBritten-Norman Islander First flights
February
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February 9 -Boeing 747
*February 12 -Mil Mi V-12 March
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Aero Boero AB-115
*March 2 - BAC-AérospatialeConcorde April
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April 24 -Anderson Kingfisher June
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June 27 -Interceptor 400 August
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August 30 -Tupolev Tu-22M eptember
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September 15 - Cessna FanJet500, the prototype which led to the Cessna Citation.Entered service
October
*October 2 -Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod
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