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Years in aviation: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
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Years: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1962.

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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  • December 8 – British troops are airlifted to Borneo to quell uprisings in the region.
  • December 15 – The U.S. Navy reports that the last Soviet offensive weapons – 15 crated Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO reporting name "Beagle") bombers – have been removed from Cuba.[40]

First flights

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Entered service

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March

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June

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July

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October

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Retirements

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Notes

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  1. ^ Polmar, Norman, "Historic Aircraft: The King of the Sea", Naval History, February 2012, p. 13.
  2. ^ "Anonymous, "Historic commercial flight from US lands in Cuba," Associated Press, August 31, 2016, 8:35 PM EDT". Archived from the original on September 1, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. ^ Chinnery 1991, p. 8
  4. ^ FAI Record ID #7679 Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ fai.org via historyofpia.com "1962 - PIA Boeing 720B Record Flight Info on FAI Website"
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Chinnery 1991, p. 10
  7. ^ a b c d Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1960s
  8. ^ Haulman 2003, p. 90
  9. ^ "Today in History", The Washington Post Express, February 10, 2012, p. 34.
  10. ^ Donald 1997, p. 78
  11. ^ Haulman 2003, pp. 90–91
  12. ^ "The B-58′s Record Flights". Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  13. ^ Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description
  14. ^ Angelucci 1987, p. 372
  15. ^ a b TWA History Timeline Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Taylor 1962, p. 151
  17. ^ Scheina 1987, p. 225
  18. ^ Scheina 1987, p. 229
  19. ^ a b c Chinnery 1991, p. 15
  20. ^ Haulman 2003, p. 91
  21. ^ Aviation Hawaii: 1960–1969 Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii
  22. ^ Chinnery 1991, p. 13
  23. ^ Anonymous, Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962, Washington, D.C.:United States Government Printing Office, 1963, p. 163.
  24. ^ a b Isenberg 1993, p. 797,
  25. ^ "Navy Called Wasteful For Scrapping Blimps". The New York Times. New York City. September 2, 1962. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  26. ^ Grossnik, Roy A., ed. (1987). Kite Balloons to Airships... the Navy's Lighter-than-Air Experience (Page 75 to back cover) (Report). Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare) and Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, United States Navy. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  27. ^ This Day in Aviation: 14 September 1962
  28. ^ Isenberg 1993, p. 798
  29. ^ Chinnery 1991, p. 156
  30. ^ Isenberg 1993, pp. 804–805
  31. ^ Polmar, Norman, "Historic Aircraft: The Last Photo Plane", Naval History, October 2010, p. 64.
  32. ^ Isenberg 1993, pp. 809–810
  33. ^ Isenberg 1993, p. 812
  34. ^ This Day in Aviation: 16 October 1963
  35. ^ Haulman 2003, p. 92
  36. ^ Mondey, David, ed., The Complete Illustrated History of the World's Aircraft, Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1978, ISBN 0-89009-771-2, pp. 57–58.
  37. ^ Chinnery 1991, p. 14
  38. ^ Chinnery 1991, p. 16
  39. ^ Hallion, Richard P., "Across the Hypersonic Divide", Aviation History, July 2012, pp. 41–42.
  40. ^ a b Isenberg 1993, p. 817
  41. ^ Brotak, Ed, "When Birds Strike," Aviation History, May 2016, p. 47.
  42. ^ Anonymous, "Today in History", The Washington Post Express, November 27, 2012, p. 42.
  43. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Taylor 1962, p. 2
  44. ^ Duffy & Kandalov 1996, p. 136
  45. ^ Angelucci 1987, pp. 288–289
  46. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 318
  47. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 248
  48. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 71
  49. ^ Donald 1997, p. 90
  50. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 210
  51. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 189
  52. ^ Donald 1997, p. 94
  53. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 282
  54. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 39
  55. ^ Polmar, Norman, "It's a Plane...a Helicopter...a Phrog!", Naval History, October 2016, p. 64.
  56. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 170
  57. ^ a b c Taylor 1963, p. 2
  58. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 63
  59. ^ "World Air News: Bell 206 Helicopter". Air Pictorial, February 1963. Vol. 25, No. 2. p. 40.
  60. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 49
  61. ^ Donald 1997, p. 56
  62. ^ Donald 1997, p. 74

Deadliest crash

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The deadliest crash of this year was Air France Flight 007, a Boeing 707 which crashed during takeoff at Orly Airport in Paris, France on 3 June, killing 130 of the 132 people on board.

References

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