1961 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1961:
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[edit] Events
[edit] February
- February 3 - Operation Looking Glass commences, meaning that the US Air Force Strategic Air Command would have a permanent, airborne command post.
[edit] March
- March 28 - Air Afrique is formed
[edit] April
- April 1 - Venezuelan airline VIASA commences operations
- April 12 - Yuri Gagarin makes the first human spaceflight in Vostok 1, orbiting the Earth once, in108 minutes.
[edit] June
- June 1 - United Air Lines absorbs Capital Airlines to become the largest airline in the West, with a fleet of 267 aircraft.
- June 21-22 - a Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan makes the first non-stop flight from England to Australia
[edit] July
[edit] September
- September 12 - the Hawker P.1127 makes its first transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back
[edit] November
- November 25 - the US Navy's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise is commissioned.
[edit] First flights
February
March
June
August
October
[edit] Entered service
February
June
- AJ3-1 Vigilante with US Navy VAH-3
October
