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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1965:

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 September 1.9 November 1.10 December 2 First flights 2.1 February 2.2 April 2.3 May 2.4 June 2.5 July 2.6 August 2.7 September 3 Entered service 3.1 April 3.2 November

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• January 2 - Denis Healey, the UK's Secretary of Defense cancels the nation's fighter and military transport programmes and orders the purchase of the US-built F-4 Phantom and C-130 Hercules in their place.

[edit] February

• February 15 - G Meher sets out from Culver City, California on a journey to become the first woman to cross the United States by helicopter
• February 19 - Lufthansa signs up as the first customer for the forthcoming Boeing 737

[edit] March

• March 2 - Operation Rolling Thunder begins, a massive air campaign against North Vietnam by the US
• March 6 - a Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King makes the first non-stop helicopter flight across North America. The distance travelled is 2,116 miles (3,405 kilometres) and a new distance record for helicopters

[edit] April

• April 1 - Tasman Empire Airways becomes Air New Zealand
• April 6 - United Air Lines places orders for new aircraft worth $US 750 million - the largest airliner purchase at the time.
• April 6 - the BAC TSR.2 is cancelled in favour of the General Dynamics F-111 for the Royal Air Force (which is not, in the end, bought either)
• April 23 - The first production C-141A Starlifter was delivered to the USAF Military Airlift Command (MAC, successor to MATS).

[edit] May

• May 1 - a Lockheed YF-12 sets a new international airspeed record of 2,070 mph (3,331 km/h).
• May 12 - Crash of prototype HFB-320 Hansa Jet due to tail design problem; killed was manufacturer Hamburger Flugzeugbau's chief test pilot.
• May 26 - Sir Geoffery de Havilland dies aged 82.

[edit] June

• June 17 - US Navy fighters from VF-21 shoot down two North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s
• June 18 - the first B-52 Stratofortress missions are flown against North Vietnam

[edit] July

• July 10 - first US Air Force aerial victories of the Vietnam War scored by F-4 Phantoms

[edit] September

• the RAF carries out air strikes against Yemeni guerillas near Aden.
• The Indian Air Force and Pakistan Air Force engage in clashes over Kashmir
• September 11 - the US 1st Cavalry Division arrives in Vietnam with 400 helicopters
• September 13 - a new hot air balloon altitude record is set of 9,770 ft (2,978 m)

[edit] November

• November 15 - a Boeing 707 makes the first polar circumnavigation of the world.

[edit] December

• December 2 - USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered warship to see combat, launching air strikes at the Viet Cong near Bien Hoa
• December 21 - New York Airways commences helicopter services between the roof of the Pan Am building and John F. Kennedy International Airport

[edit] First flights

[edit] February

• February 25 - Douglas DC-9
• February 27 - Antonov An-22

[edit] April

• April 2 - Partenavia Oscar
• April 15 - Aérospatiale Puma prototype SA.330
• April 22 - Transavia PL-12 Airtruk

[edit] May

• May 7 - Canadair Dynavert
• May 20 - De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

[edit] June

• June 2 - Aerotec Uirapuru
• June 4 - Nanchang Q-5
• June 13 - Britten-Norman Islander

[edit] July

• July 16 - OV-10 Bronco
• July 19 - Breguet Atlantic

[edit] August

• August 18 - Kamov Ka-26
• August 31 - Aero Spacelines Super Guppy

[edit] September

• September 7 - AH-1 Cobra
• September 27 - A-7 Corsair II

[edit] Entered service

[edit] April

• April 1 - NAMC YS-11 with Japan Domestic Airlines
• April 9 - BAC One-Eleven with British United Airways

[edit] November

• November 30 - Convair 600 with Central Airlines

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