1960 in aviation
- 1960 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1957
yp2=1958
yp3=1959
year=1960
ya1=1961
ya2=1962
ya3=1963
dp3=1930s
dp2=1940s
dp1=1950s
d=1960s
dn1=1970s
dn2=1980s
dn3=1990sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1960 :Events
January
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January 1 -Fiji Airways is reconstituted, becoming equally owned byBOAC ,Qantas , andTasman Empire Airways .February
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February 9 - theUS Air Force opens itsNational Space Surveillance Control Centre atBedford, Massachusetts .
*February 13 -France detonates its firstnuclear weapon April
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April 6 - theShort SC.1 makes its first transition from vertical to horizontal flight and back.
*April 10 - BOAC re-opens its air routes toCairo . They had been suspended at the time of theSuez Crisis .
*April 13 - theUnited Kingdom terminatesballistic missile research, preferring to simply purchase the US-developedSkybolt missile.May
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May 1 -CIA pilotGary Powers is captured by theSoviet Union when hisLockheed U-2 is shot down nearSverdlovsk
*May 12 - a USAFC-130 Hercules drops a record 35,000 lb (15,876 kg) by parachute.June
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June 1 -Trans-Canada Air Lines begins transatlantic services, flying betweenMontreal andLondon July
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July 1 -British United Airways is formed
*July 1 -PVO Strany MiG-19 shoots down an RB-47H Stratojet (s/n 53-4281) in international airspace with 4 of the crew killed and 2 captured by the Soviets
*July 9 -Sabena begins airlifting Belgian nationals out of Congo. Over the next three weeks, 25,711 will fly homeAugust
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August 16 - Captain (later Colonel)Joseph Kittinger (USAF) sets a world record for highestparachute jump (102,200 ft or 31,150m) and longest parachute freefall (84,700 ft or 25,815 m) while testing high altitude parachute escape systems inProject Excelsior .
*August 18 - aC-119 Flying Boxcar recovers a data capsule from theDiscoverer 14 satellite in mid-air.eptember
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September 10 - NORAD carries outOperation Sky Shield , testing US and Canadian radar systems.
*September 15 - Tasman Empire Airways retires its lastflying boat from service.
*September 17 -East African Airways commences jet services betweenLondon andNairobi October
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October 27 -Air Mali is established
*October 31 -BEA retires its last piston-engined airliners.First flights
January
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January 10 -Auster D.5
*January 14 -Piper Cherokee February
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February 5 -PZL TS-11 Iskra
*February 12 -Auster D.4 "G-25-8"
*February 29 -Beechcraft Baron April
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April 19 - Grumman A2F-1,A-6 Intruder prototypeMay *
May 9 -Auster D.6 "G-25-10"June
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June 24 -Avro 748 October
* Dassault Mirage IIIC (production model)
*October 21 -Hawker P.1127 (tethered flight)
*October 25 - Boeing Vertol Model 107, predecessor to the CH-46 Sea Knight.November
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November 16 -Canadair CL-44 December
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Agusta A.104 "I-AGUM"
*December 6 -Sikorsky S-61 Entered service
June
*June 29 -English Electric Lightning withNo. 74 Squadron RAF atRAF Coltishall
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