This is a list of aviation-related events from 1968: This is a timeline of aviation history. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1963: Events January January 7 - Aeroflot commences direct services between Moscow and Havana February February 14 - the Indian Air Force receives its first batch of Soviet fighters, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s March March 18 - the Dassault Balzac makes its first transitions... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1964: Events February February 7 - The Canadian Golden Hawks aerobatic team is disbanded. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1965: Events January January 2 - Denis Healey, the UKs Secretary of Defence cancels the nations fighter and military transport programmes and orders the purchase of the US-built F-4 Phantom and C-130 Hercules in their place. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1966: Events Puerto Rican International Airlines begin services. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from Canadian Golden Centennaires aerobatic team is formed and performs all year to celebrate the Canadian centennial year. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team is formed. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1970: Events January January 31 - Mikhail Mil dies, aged 61 February February 17-18 - US Air Force Laos. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1971: Events January January 6 - the US Marine Corps takes delivery of its first AV-8 Harriers January 22 - a US Navy P-3 Orion sets a distance record of 7,010 miles (11,282 km) for an aircraft in its... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1972: Events January January 5 - US President Richard Nixon announces $US 5. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1973: Events Icelandair established. ... Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Events

January

• January 21 - a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashes in the sea near Thule AFB Greenland, carrying four nuclear weapons.

March January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range strategic bomber flown by the United States Air Force since 1955, replacing the Convair B-36. ... Map of Greenland Thule Air Base, Qaanaaq, Greenland, is the United States Air Forces northernmost base (76°32 North latitude, 68°50 West longitude), located 695 miles north of the Arctic Circle and 947 miles south of the North Pole on the northwest side of the island of Greenland. ...

• March 28 - Yuri Gagarin is killed in the crash of a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

May March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин; YOO-ree a-lek-SE-ye-veech ga-GA-reen; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human to travel into space. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (NATO reporting name Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR. History Design began under the bureau designation I-310, which first flew in 1947. ...

• May 5 - a Grumman Gulfstream II becomes the first executive jet to cross the Atlantic

August May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ...

• August 13 - Swedish Count Gustav von Rosen defies Nigerian air defences to fly in supplies to the Biafran rebels
• August 31 - the Rolls-Royce RB.211 is successfully ground-tested

September August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... Flag of Biafra Currency of Biafra (£1 denomination) National motto: None Languages Igbo, English… Capital Enugu Head of State Philip Effiong(Jan. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... Rolls-Royce RB211 engine The Rolls Royce RB.211 family is a family of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines made by Rolls-Royce capable of generating 37,400 to 60,600 pound (166 to 270 kN) thrust. ...

• September 11 - Air New Zealand flies T. H. Williams, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's navigator to Sydney to commemmorate the 40th anniversary of their first trans-Tasman flight
• September 30 - the first Boeing 747 is rolled out

December September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... Air New Zealand is a major scheduled passenger airline based in New Zealand. ... Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (February 9, 1897 - November, 1935), often called Charles Kingsford-Smith, or by his nickname Smithy, was the best-known early Australian aviator, completing the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland, the first flight from Australia to New Zealand, and the first to complete... Sydneys skyline with the Opera House on the left Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city, founded in 1788. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... The Boeing 747, which is also known as the jumbo jet, is the second largest passenger airliner after the Airbus A380. ...

• December 24 - Apollo 8 orbits the moon carrying Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders.

December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program. ... Frank Borman (born March 14, 1928) was a NASA astronaut, best remembered as one of the three crewmembers of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon. ... Portrait of Apollo 13 Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. ... William A. Anders (b. ...

First flights

May

• May 25 - Grumman EA-6B Prowler

June May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... The EA-6 Prowler is the United States Navys and the United States Marine Corpss primary electronic warfare aircraft. ...

• June 30 - C-5 Galaxy

September June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, as the last day in June. ... The C-5 Galaxy is one of the largest aircraft in the world. ...

• September 8 - SEPECAT Jaguar

November September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French ground attack aircraft in service with the Armée de lAir, the Royal Air Force and several export customers, notably India. ...

• November 13 - Northrop HL-10

December November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... The Northrop HL-10 was one of five heavyweight lifting body designs flown at NASAs Flight Research Center (FRC--later Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California, from July 1966 to November 1975 to study and validate the concept of safely maneuvering and landing a low lift-over-drag vehicle...

• December 31 - Tupolev Tu-144

December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO reporting name: Charger) was a supersonic airliner constructed under management of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau headed by Alexei Tupolev (1925-2001). ...

Entered service

February

• Boeing 737 with Lufthansa