1964 in aviation
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1964
This is a list of
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-related events from
1964
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Contents
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Events
1.1
January
1.2
February
1.3
April
1.4
May
1.5
June
1.6
July
1.7
August
1.8
October
1.9
November
1.10
December
2
First flights
2.1
January
2.2
March
2.3
April
2.4
May
2.5
June
2.6
July
2.7
September
2.8
October
2.9
November
2.10
December
3
Entered service
Events
January
January 28
- Soviet
MiG-19
shoots down a
T-39 Sabreliner
which accidentally entered East German airspace with all 3 crew killed.
February
February 7
- The
Canadian
Golden Hawks
aerobatic
team is disbanded.
February 19
- French troops are airlifted to
Gabon
to put down a
coup
by the army.
February 29
- US President
Lyndon Johnson
reveals the existence of the
CIA
's
Lockheed A-12
reconnaissance aircraft
April
April 17
-
Jerrie Mock
arrives in
Columbus, Ohio
in a
Cessna 180
, completing a solo round-the-world flight and becoming the first woman to make such a journey.
May
May 7
-
Pacific Air Lines Flight 773
crashes near
San Ramon, California
, USA. All 44 aboard are killed. The crash was likely the first instance in the United States of an airliner's pilots being shot by a passenger as part of a mass murder/suicide.
May 11
-
Jackie Cochran
sets a new women's airspeed record of 1,429 mph (2,300 km/h) in a
F-104 Starfighter
June
June 1
- the
Kenyan Air Force
is established
June 6
-
Silver City Airways
announces that it has airlifted its one millionth car between England and continental Europe.
July
July 31
- A. H. Parker sets a new
sailplane
distance record of 1,000 km (621 miles) in a
Sisu-1A
August
August 2
-
US Navy
aircraft are involved in skirmishes in the
Gulf of Tonkin
.
F-8 Crusaders
sink a North Vietnamese
torpedo boat
August 5
- US Navy aircraft attack North Vietnamese naval bases, spearheading direct US involvement in the
Vietnam War
.
August 7
-
9
- the
Turkish Air Force
strikes Greek positions on
Cyprus
August 23
-
Greek Air Force
F-4 Phantoms
are recalled while en route to attack Turkish military positions
October
October 1
-
Derby Airways
changes its name to
British Midland Airways
October 13
- The first production
Learjet
, a
Model 23
, was delivered.
October 16
- the
People's Republic of China
detonates its first
nuclear weapon
November
November 4
- First ever automatic blind landing by a passenger aircraft when a
British European Airways
Hawker Siddeley Trident
landed in dense fog
November 26
- Belgian paratroops are dropped into
Congo
by the
US Air Force
December
December 14
- The US Air Force launches
Operation Barrel Roll
, attacking the
Ho Chi Minh trail
in
Laos
First flights
January
January 5
-
Shorts Belfast
XR362
G-ASKE
March
March 7
-
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel
March 7
-
Helwan HA-300
April
April 9
-
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo
April 10
-
EWR VJ 101C
, world's first supersonic
V/STOL
aircraft
April 21
-
HFB-320 Hansa Jet
May
May 1
-
BAC Type 221
May 25
-
Ryan XV-5
June
June 26
-
Curtiss-Wright X-19
July
July 15
- Aviomilano F.250
I-RAIE
, prototype of the
SIAI Marchetti SF.260
September
September 4
-
HAL HJT-16 Kiran
September 21
-
XB-70 Valkyrie
September 27
-
BAC TSR.2
September 29
-
LTV-Hiller-Ryan XC-142
October
October 14
-
Sikorsky YCH-53
October 19
-
Agusta A.101
MM80358 FF
November
November 18
-
C-2 Greyhound
December
December 21
-
General Dynamics F-111
December 22
-
SR-71 Blackbird
Entered service
February
February 1
-
Boeing 727
with
Eastern Air Lines
Dassault Mirage IV
with
Armée de l'Air
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