- 1959 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1956
yp2=1957
yp3=1958
year=1959
ya1=1960
ya2=1961
ya3=1962
dp3=1920s
dp2=1930s
dp1=1940s
d=1950s
dn1=1960s
dn2=1970s
dn3=1980sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1959 :Events
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* The Canadian
Golden Hawks aerobatic team is formed.February
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February 3 - Rock starsRitchie Valens ,Buddy Holly andThe Big Bopper die when theBeechcraft Bonanza they are traveling in crashes during a snow storm inIowa .
*February 20 - The Canadian government cancels the Avro CF-105 Arrow.March
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March 31 -BOAC commences its first scheduled around-the-world serviceJune
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June 4 -Max Conrad flies aPiper Comanche fromCasablanca toNew York , setting a new lightplane distance record of 7,683 miles (12,365 km).
*June 8 - The USS "Barbero" andUnited States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail viaMissile Mail .
*June 16 - aUS Navy P4M Mercator is attacked byNorth Korean Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 s off the North Korean coast. The Mercator's crew returned the aircraft safely to Japan.July
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July 9 - aRoyal Air Force Vickers Valiant makes the first non-stop flight fromEngland toCape Town
*July 14 - Maj V Ilyushin sets a new altitude record of 28,852 m (94,659 ft) in the Sukhoi T-431
*July 29 -Qantas introduces theBoeing 707 on itsSydney -San Francisco route, the first transpacific service flown by jet.eptember
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September 23 - TheUSAF officially cancels theNorth American Aviation XF-108 Rapier .October
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October 31 - Colonel G. Mosolov sets a new airspeed record of 2,387 km/h (1,483 mph) in the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-66December
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December 14 - Cdr L Flint sets a new altitude record of 103,389 ft (31,513 m) in aF-104 Starfighter
*December 15 - Maj J W Roberts sets a new airspeed record of 1,526 mph (2,456 km/h) in aF-106 Delta Dart First flights
January
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January 8 - Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy "G-AOZZ"
*January 20 -Vickers Vanguard "G-AOYW"February
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February 3 -Agusta-Bell AB.102
*February 28 -Aérospatiale Alouette III March
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March 12 -Aero Boero AB-95 April
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April 5 -Aero L-29 Delfin May
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May 4 -Pilatus PC-6 June
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June 8 -North American X-15 (unpowered)
*June 17 -Dassault Mirage IV July
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July 14 - Sukhoi T-431, prototype of theSukhoi Su-9 eptember
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September 17 -North American X-15 (powered)October
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Agusta A.103
*October 27 -Myasishchev M-50 November
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November 23 - Boeing 720December
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December 13 -Aviamilano Scricciolo "I-MAGY"Entered service
March
*March 26 -Breguet Alizé with theAéronavale .April
*April 20 -Ilyushin Il-18 withAeroflot .May
*F-106 Delta Dart with the498th Fighter Interceptor Squadron USAF atGeiger Field .June
*June 12 -C-130 Hercules with the463rd Troop Carrier Wing USAF .July
*de Havilland Sea Vixen with theRoyal Navy 'sFleet Air Arm .
*July 22 - Sud-Aviation Caravelle withAir France .
* July 22 -Antonov An-10 with Aeroflot.September
*September 18 -Douglas DC-8 withDelta Air Lines andUnited Air Lines .December
* GAM-77 Hound Dog cruise missile withUSAF Strategic Air Command B-52s.
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