1962 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1962:
Events
January US Army CH-21 Shawnees are dispatched to Vietnam, the first US military aircraft to be deployed there January 10-11 - a B-52 Stratofortress is flown from Okinawa to Madrid, establishing a new distance record of 12,532 miles (20,168 km) January 24 - two US Navy F-4 Phantoms are seconded to the US Air Force as the air force plans to adopt the type. February February 20 - John Glenn becomes the first US astronaut to orbit the earth in Mercury 6 April the US Marine Corps arrives in Vietnam July July 7 - a Soviet Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 sets a new airspeed record of 2,681 km/h (1,666 mph) July 25 - the US Army forms its first armed helicopter company, using UH-1 Hueys October October 14 - a US Air Force Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance flight over Cuba reveals the presence of launchpads for Medium Range Ballistic Missiles, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis October 24 - aircraft carriers USS Enterprise, USS Independence, USS Essex, and USS Randolph take part in blockading Cuba. October 26 - the last B-52 off the production line is delivered to the US Air Force October 27 - a USAF U-2 is shot down over Cuba December December 8 - British troops are airlifted to Borneo to quell uprisings in the region
First flights
January January 9 - Hawker Siddley Trident April April 14 - Bristol Type 188 June June 29 - Vickers VC10 August August 13 - Hawker Siddeley HS.125 G-ARYA October October 12 - Dassault Balzac (tethered flight) October 28 - Westland Wasp December December 7 - Aérospatiale Super Frelon December 22 - Lockheed A-12
Entered service
March March 18 - Convair CV-990 with American Airlines June McDonnell F4H-1 with US Marine Corps VMF(AW)-314 July July 1 - Boeing Vertol 107 with New York Airways
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