1967-I

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21 February: The McDonnell AircrAfT corporATion coMpleTeD The 2,000Th f-4 phAnToM ii AT iTs sT louis, Missouri, fAciliTy. The f-4D (seriAl 66-7533) wAs DelivereD To The us Air force.

26 February: seven A-6A inTruDers of us nAvy squADron vA-35 were leD by coMMAnDer A. h. bArris To The MouTh of The song cA AnD song giAng rivers To cArry ouT The firsT AeriAl Mining operATion of The vieTnAM wAr.

18 april: The inAugurAl flighT of The joinT AerofloT/jApAn Air lines service froM Moscow To Tokyo wAs flown by A Tupolev Tu-114 rossiyA Turboprop TrAnsporT.

10 april: The gATes rubber coMpAny in AMericA AcquireD A conTrolling inTeresT in leAr jeT inDusTries, Designer AnD MAnufAcTurer of high-perforMAnce business jeTs.

27 april: qAnTAs inTroDuceD The lockheeD l-188 elecTrA Turboprop Airliner on iTs service froM AusTrAliA To johAnnesburg, souTh AfricA. The elecTrA shAveD AlMosT six hours off The TiMe TAken by The super consTellATions previously useD on The rouTe. lATer in The yeAr, on 1 AugusT, The Airline wAs renAMeD froM qAnTAs eMpire AirwAys To qAnTAs AirwAys.

31 May: AfTer rouTinely refuelling Two usAf f-104s, A boeing kc-135 TAnker of The usAf’s 902nD Air refueling squADron over The gulf of Tonkin wAs DiverTeD To sAve six fuel-sTArveD us nAvy AircrAfT; proviDing life-sAving enDurAnce for Two DouglAs kA-3b TAnkers, Two f-4 phAnToM iis AnD Two f-8 crusADers. AT one poinT A kA-3 wAs TAking on fuel froM The kc-135 while pAssing on soMe fuel To An f-8, AppArenTly The firsT TiMe A Three-wAy refuelling hAD ever occurreD.

11 March: The firsT successful use wAs MADe of The MArTin MArieTTA AgM-62 wAlleye Television-guiDeD boMb. coMMAnDer hoMer sMiTh (co of vA-212 ‘rAMpAnT rAiDers’), flying An A-4e skyhAwk, lineD up his boMb To puT iT squArely inTo A MiliTAry bArrAcks AT sAM son, A coAsTAl Town in ThAnh hoA province, norTh vieTnAM.

4 January: wesT gerMAny lifTeD The operATionAl bAn iMposeD on The lockheeD f-104g sTArfighTer fleeT following A spATe of crAshes. froM 1961 To The enD of 1966, The lufTwAffe hAD AlreADy losT 68 f-104s in AcciDenTs AnD grounD losses.

USA

Creation of McDonnell Douglas28 April: The Douglas Aircraft Company and McDonnell Aircraft Corporation merged to form McDonnell Douglas, making it one of the largest aircraft manufacturing companies in the world. The merger brought together Douglas’s airliner production of DC-8s (illustrated) and DC-9s, centred on the Long Beach plant in California, and its El Segundo-based naval attack aircraft business (also in California), and McDonnell’s huge fighter manufacturing effort centred on St Louis, Missouri.

North VietNAm/USA

Taking on the MiGs2 January: Operation Bolo, a mission intended to get North Vietnamese MiG-21 fighters into the air, was carried out by McDonnell Douglas F-4s of the USAF’s 8th Tactical Fighter Wing under the command of Colonel Robin Olds (illustrated); two passes were made over enemy airfields and MiGs were taunted into coming up to fight, in the ensuing combat seven were destroyed without loss to the 8th TFW, although the North Vietnamese claimed to have only lost five. Two others may have also been damaged during the operation.

North VietNAm/USA

Airborne assaullt22 February: Operation Junction City, the only US airborne combat assault of the Vietnam conflict, involved the dropping of 845 paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade by 14 C-130 Hercules transports. It was the largest airborne operation since Market Garden, the attack on Arnhem in World War II. After C-130s dropped troops in the initial assault, they returned to keep the force supplied by air (illustrated). The operation lasted for 82 days, and its effect was blunted by the North Vietnamese already having knowledge of the assault through espionage.

USA

1,000th jet delivered by Boeing5 June: The Boeing Company delivered its 1,000th production jet airliner, a 707-323 for American Airlines. Boeing’s 707 had revolutionised air travel, although in its initial form the 707’s transoceanic capability was marginal. True long-haul capability came with the 707-300, and this was further enhanced by the 707-300B that introduced turbofan engines with better cruising efficiency. To capitalise on the 707’s success Boeing had schemed a smaller trijet that used many components from the 707. The 727 was an instant success, and production was in full swing in 1967. By the time of delivery of the 1,000 jet airliner, Boeing had just begun production of what would be its most successful jetliner of all, the Model 737.

UK

Tragedy at Perpignan3 June: In what became known as the Perpignan air disaster, a Douglas C-54A (DC-4) of UK charter airline Air Ferry, similar to the aircraft pictured below, crashed into Mont Canigou in southern France, killing all 88 passengers and crew on board. G-APYK was en route from Manston to Perpignan on a charter service. The investigation concluded that the C-54A had hit high ground on descent as a result of the crew not following procedure, possibly exacerbated by carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty heating system.

UK

Crash causes UK charter crisis4 June: The day after the C-54A Perpignan crash (see below), another British charter aircraft crashed, killing all 72 on board. British Midland Canadair C-4 Argonaut G-ALHG (sister-ship of the illustrated aircraft) crashed at Hopes Carr, Stockport. The two crashes focussed attention on the use of elderly piston-engined airliners for charter flights, and led to a wholesale withdrawal of such aircraft and their replacement by more modern jet-powered equipment.

UK

Bombing the Torrey Canyon tanker28 March: RAF and Royal Navy aircraft began bombing the oil tanker Torrey Canyon, which had run aground on 18 March. The vessel was heading for Milford Haven with a full load of crude oil from Kuwait when it struck Pollard’s Rock, part of the Seven Stones reef off the Cornish coast. Bombing was conducted in an attempt to break up the ship and to set the oil slick on fire to avoid further environmental damage. RAF Hunters and Royal Navy Buccaneers, including S.Mk 2s from 800 Squadron (illustrated) dropped 62,000 lb (28123 kg) of bombs, rockets and napalm.

USA

Go-ahead for the US Supersonic Transport2 January: The award of a contract covering design and development of a supersonic transport (SST) by the Boeing Company was announced in the USA; simultaneously, the General Electric company was contracted to develop the engines to power it. The development of a US SST had been accelerated in response to the Anglo-French Concorde programme. Boeing, Lockheed and North American submitted aircraft concept proposals, while Curtiss-Wright, General Electric and Pratt & Whitney submitted powerplant concepts. North American and Curtiss-Wright were dropped from the competition, leaving Lockheed’s L-2000 pitted against Boeing’s Model 733, also known as the Model 2707. Both companies produced full-scale mock-ups, which were presented in September 1966 along with full design proposals. On 31 December the FAA board made its decision in favour of the Model 733 (with variable-geometry wings) and General Electric’s GE4 engine, which was made public on 2 January. Shown above is an artist’s impression of the Boeing contender in PanAm colours.

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Arab-Israeli Six-Day War5-10 June: After days of tension and threats, Israel launched a series of pre-emptive strikes on its Arab neighbours. Hardest hit on the first night was Egypt, which suffered half of its air force destroyed – including most of its Tu-16s and Il-28 bombers that could have been used to strike back at Israel. Here, an Israeli Dassault Mystère pops its drag ‘chute after a mission. Attacks were also made by Israeli jets against the Syrian and Jordanian air forces. Throughout the conflict, Israeli pilots, though flying less manoeuvrable Mirage IIICJs than their Arab MiG-21 opponents, claiming 48 enemy kills for nine destroyed, although these figures may have been inflated. By the end of the war, 452 Arab aircraft had been destroyed, mostly on the ground) for the loss of 46 Israeli aircraft. In the ground war, Israeli forces had taken the Sinai Desert from Egypt, the West Bank from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria. It was Israeli air superiority that had made this possible.

SeCtioN 15 CArd 09Boeing 707

SeCtioN 15 CArd 31douglas DC-8

See AirCrAft dAtA CArdSSeCtioN 06 CArd 06douglas C-54A/DC-4

SeCtioN 07 CArd 10dassault Mystère

SeCtioN 07 CArd 32mcdonnell douglas F-4 Phantom II

SeCtioN 08 CArd 02SeCtioN 11 CArd 32SeCtioN 15 CArd 04

Blackburn Buccaneer S.Mk 2

lockheed C-130 Hercules

BAC One-Eleven

iSrAel/USA

USS Liberty spyship attacked by Israel8 June: In the middle of the Six-Day War the US intelligence-gathering ship USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was attacked by Israeli air and naval fiorces as it sailed in international waters off Sinai. On the morning of 8 June it was overflown by several Israeli aircraft, and then at lunchtime it was bombed by two Mirage IIIs. Two Mystères (above) followed, dropping napalm, while torpedo boats later attacked with cannonfire. Thirty-four US sailors were killed in the attack, which was officially attributed to mis-identification.

USA

Mohawk Airlines BAC One-Eleven crashes in Pennsylvania23 June: Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 crashed at Blossburg, Pennsylvania, as it climbed out of Elmira, New York, bound for Washington, DC. N1116J was a BAC One-Eleven Srs 204AF, like the aircraft depicted. The aircraft crashed when a non-return valve in the auxiliary power unit failed, allowing hot bleed air to flow in a reverse direction and setting the hydraulic lines on fire. This, in turn, caused heavy damage to the tail and loss of control of the aircraft. There were no survivors from the 30 passengers and four crews.

frANCe

Dassault takes over Breguet28 June: As part of a French government-inspired move to consolidate the French aviation industry, the Société des Avions Marcel Dassault acquired a controlling 66 percent stake in Breguet Aviation. In 1971 the merged company was renamed as Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation. When Dassault acquired its stake the principal activity of the Breguet company was development of the Anglo-French Jaguar project and production of the Atlantic maritime patroller (illustrated). Sixty Atlantics were built for France (40) and West Germany (20) by the time production was halted in 1968, although the line reopened between 1972 and 1974 to build another 27 for Italy and the Netherlands. The first Jaguar flew in September 1968.

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