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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1965:

1 Events

January

• 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 HerculesThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules a four-engine turboprop aircraft, is the main tactical air transport aircraft of the United States military forces. Capable of landing and taking off from short, rough dirt runways, it is a people and cargo hauler and is used i in their place.

February

• February 15February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 319 days remaining (320 in leap years). Events 1637 Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor. 1764 The American city of St. Louis is established. 1805 Harmony Society officially - G Meher sets out from Culver City, CaliforniaCulver City is a city located in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 38,816. Since the 1920s, Culver City has been a major center for motion picture and later television production, in part bec on a journey to become the first woman to cross the United States by helicopterA helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors ( propellers). Helicopters are classified as rotary-wing aircraft to distinguish them from conventional fixed-wing aircraft. The word helicopter is derived fr
• February 19February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 315 days remaining, 316 in leap years. Events 607 Boniface III becomes Pope. 1674 England and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfer - LufthansaLufthansa is the name of the largest German airline company, headquartered in Cologne. Their main base at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt am Main which is also Lufthansa's primary traffic hub. The company has developed a second hub at Munich' signs up as the first customer for the forthcoming Boeing 737The Boeing 737 is a popular short-to-medium range commercial passenger jet aircraft continuously manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes since 1967. Over 5,000 have been sold since its introduction in 1967, more than any other commercial airliner, and

March

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

September

• 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

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

December

• 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