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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1972:
1 Events
January
- January 5 - US President Richard Nixon announces $US 5.5 billion in funding for the Space Shuttle programNASA's Space Shuttle officially called Space Transportation System (STS is the United States' (sole) manned launch vehicle. It is partly reusable, and is the world's first spacecraft to be designed with this capacity. It is used to carry large payloads to
- January 27January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 338 days remaining (339 in leap years). Events 1606 Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begin and later ends in their execution on January 31. 1785 The - Civil aviation in CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe is halted by a stike by air traffic controllerAir traffic controllers are persons who operate the air traffic control system to expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic and help prevent mid-air collisions. They apply separation rules to keep each aircraft apart in their area of res
February
- February 5February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 329 days remaining (330 in leap years). Events 1576 Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. 1631 Roger Williams emigra - AeroflotAeroflot — Russian Airlines ( Russian: — ), or Aeroflot , is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. It was also the national airline of the Soviet Union and the largest airline in the world. It is based in the Aerostar Hotel at and 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' jointly open services between MoscowMoscow ( Russian: Moskva capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 878. The city's population is rapidly increasing, with 11. 2 million inhabitants counted in 2004. The city is in the federal district called Central Russia (which is and Frankfurt-am-Main
- February 5 - NASA and de Havilland Canada extensively modify a C-8 Buffalo for STOL experiments
April
May
June
- June 20 - Airline pilots hold a world-wide strike, calling for tighter security
- June 21 - Jean Boulet pilots a Aérospatiale Lama to a new record altitude for helicopters, 12,441 m (40,820 ft)
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