1968 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1968:
Events
January January 21 - a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashes in the sea near Thule AFB Greenland, carrying four nuclear weapons. March March 28 - Yuri Gagarin is killed in the crash of a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 May May 5 - a Grumman Gulfstream II becomes the first executive jet to cross the Atlantic August August 13 - Swedish Count Gustav von Rosen defies Nigerian air defences to fly in supplies to the Biafran rebels August 31 - the Rolls-Royce RB.211 is successfully ground-tested September September 11 - Air New Zealand flies T. H. Williams, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's navigator to Sydney to commemmorate the 40th anniversary of their first trans-Tasman flight September 30 - the first Boeing 747 is rolled out December December 24 - Apollo 8 orbits the moon carrying Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders.
First flights
May May 25 - Grumman EA-6B Prowler June June 30 - C-5 Galaxy September September 8 - SEPECAT Jaguar November November 13 - Northrop HL-10 December December 31 - Tupolev Tu-144
Entered service
February Boeing 737 with Lufthansa
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