1965 In Aviation

Events

• January 2 - Denis Healey, the UK's Secretary of Defence 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• May 1 - a Lockheed YF-12 sets a new international airspeed record of 2,070 mpg (3,331 km/h).
• May 26 - Sir Geoffery de Havilland dies aged 82.

• 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

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

• 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)

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

• 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

First flights

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

• April 15 - Arospatiale Puma prototype SA.330

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

• June 4 - Nanchang Q-5
• June 13 - Britten-Norman Islander

• July 19 - Breguet Altantic

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

Entered service

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

• November 30 - Convair 600 with Central Airlines

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