1969 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1969:
Events
First flights
- March 2 - The Concorde supersonic aircraft makes its first test flight, in Bristol, England.
- Boeing 747 is unveiled. At the time the largest passenger carrying aircraft ever built and one which was to revolutionise commercial air travel.
- July: Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.
- World champion boxer Rocky Marciano perishes when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.
Entered service
