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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1969:

1 Events

March

• March 18- 19 - the Royal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF is the air force of the United Kingdom. History Formation and Early History The Royal Flying Corps was formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912 superseding the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Na airlifts 300 troops to AnguillaAlternative meaning Anguilla is a genus of freshwater eel (sole genus in the family Anguillidae). Anguilla or Snake is an island in the eastern Caribbean and is a British dependency with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, represented by a Governor. in reponse to the civil unrest that had broken out on the island.

May

• May 4May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). There are 241 days remaining. Events 1471 Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales. 1493 Pope Ale- 11May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). There are 234 days remaining. Events 330 Byzantium is renamed Constantinople during a dedication ceremony. 1502 Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyag - the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown's crossing. It is won by a Royal NavyThe Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. It operates a number of aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, fifteen nuclear submarines, and various other ships, as well as aircraft and Britain's amphibious forces, the Royal Marines. The Royal Navy F-4 Phantom, taking 4 hours 47 minutes.
• May 26May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). There are 219 days remaining before the end of the year. Events 1328 William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII. 1538 Geneva throws out Jo - the US Air Force cancels the AH-56 Cheyenne program, worth $US 900 million.

June

• June 5 - US bombing of North Vietnam recommences, after a seven month ceasefire.
• June 16 - USS PCF 19 is sunk by friendly fire from US aircraft. Five of her crew are killed. HMAS Hobart is also attacked with AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, and two crewmen killed.
• June 17 - USS Edson , USS Boston, USCGC Point Dume and two US patrol boats are attacked by US aircraft.

July

• No. 1 Squadron RAF became the first operational fixed wing VTOL squadron in the world
• July 20 - Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.

August

• August 16 - Darryl Greenamayer sets a new piston-engine airspeed record in a heavily modified F8F Bearcat named Conquest I. His record speed of 478 mph (769 km/h) topples a record that had stood for 30 years.
• August 31 - World champion boxer Rocky Marciano perishes when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.

October

• October 20 - Finnair introduces an inertial navigation system on its aircraft, becoming the first airline to dispense with the need for a navigator aboard.

December

• December 18 - the England-Australia Commemorative Air Race is flown in commemoration of the 50th anniversay of the Smith brothers' flight. It is won by W. J. Bright and F. L. Buxton in a Britten-Norman Islander