1967 in aviation - Definition and Overview

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1967:

Events

• The Canadian Golden Centennaires aerobatic team is formed and performs all year to celebrate the Canadian centennial year.

January

• January 2 - Seven North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s are destroyed by F-4 Phantoms of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF in Operation Bolo
• January 2 - the contracts for the development of the Boeing SST and its engines are awarded

February

• February 22 - 845 of the 173rd Airborne Brigade take part in Operation Junction City, the only paratrooper assault of the Vietnam War
• February 26 - US Navy A-6 Intruders of VA-35 drop sea mines in the mouth of the Song Ca and Song Giang rivers

April

• April 18 - Aeroflot and Japan Air Lines jointly inaugurate a Moscow-Tokyo service

May

• May 31 - A USAF KC-135 Stratotanker makes an emergency refuelling of six US Navy jets.

June

• June 5 - Boeing delivers its 1,000th jet airliner, a Boeing 707-120B for American Airlines
• June 5-10 - the Six Day War is fought between Israel and her Arab neighbours. In a pre-emptive strike, the Israeli Air Force destroys half of the Egyptian Air Force on the first night. By the end of the six days, 452 Arab aircraft had been destroyed for a loss of 46 Israeli aircraft.

August

• August 7 - Aerolineas Argentinas and Iberia jointly inaugurate the world's longest non-stop air route, between Buenos Aires and Madrid
• August 11 - F-105 Thunderchiefs of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF cut the Paul Doumer bridge, using 100 tons of bombs.

October

• October 3 - William J. Knight sets a new airspeed record in a North American X-15, of Mach 6.72 (4,543 mph, 7,297 km/h). This is the fastest flight that the X-15 will make.

December

• December 31 - the Royal Air Force's V-bomber force begins to be dismantled, pending the deployment of the Polaris missile aboard Royal Navy submarines to act as Britain's nuclear deterrent.
• December 31 - NASA begins initial talks to develop guidelines for a re-usable spaceplane.

First flights

February

• February 8 - Saab Viggen
• February 10 - Dornier Do 31

March

• March 3 - Beriev Be-30

April

• April 7 - SA.340, prototype of the Aérospatiale Gazelle
• April 8 - Beagle Pup
• April 9 - Boeing 737
• April 21 - Rollason Beta

May

• Fokker F28
• May 12 - Aermacchi AM-3

June

• June 10 - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 prototype 23-11/1

August

• August 18 - Handley Page Jetstream

October

• Shin Meiwa PX-S
• October 26 - BAC Stikemaster

November

• November 18 - Dassault Mirage G

Entered service

• Mil Mi-8

July

• General Dynamics F-111 with USAF

August

• Tupolev Tu-134 with Aeroflot