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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1969:
Events
March
May
- May 4-11 - the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown's crossing. It is won by a Royal Navy F-4 Phantom, taking 4 hours 47 minutes.
- May 26 - the US Air Force cancels the AH-56 Cheyenne program, worth $US 900 million.
June
July
August
- August 16 - Darryl Greenamayer sets a new piston-engine airspeed record in a heavily modified F8F Bearcat named Conquest I. His record speed of 478 mph (769 km/h) topples a record that had stood for 30 years.
- August 31 - World champion boxer Rocky Marciano perishes when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.
October
December
- December 18 - the England-Australia Commemorative Air Race is flown in commemoration of the 50th anniversay of the Smith brothers' flight. It is won by W. J. Bright and F. L. Buxton in a Britten-Norman Islander
First flights
February
March
June
August
September
Entered service
October
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