1967 in aviation
Years in aviation :
|
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
Years: | 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 |
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1967.
Events
- The Canadian aerobatic team is formed and performs all year to celebrate the Canadian Centennialyear.
- Boeing opens its biggest factory (largest building by volume), the Boeing Everett Factory, in Everett, Washington.
January
- January 1 – The United States conducts a 48-hour standdown of air operations over Vietnam for the New Year holiday.[1]
- January 2
- In the biggest air battle to date in the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Operation Bolo.
- The contracts for the development of the Boeing SST supersonic transportand its engines are awarded.
- In the biggest air battle to date in the
- January 15 – The "Super Sights and Sounds" halftime show at the first Los Angeles, California, includes two men who emerge from giant foam footballs flying around the field with jet packs, witnessed by almost 62,000 people in attendance and a television audience of more than 51 million.[2]
February
- February 1 – Braniff Airways absorbs Pan American-Grace Airways(Panagra).
- February 2 – .
- February 7 – A lone
- February 12 – 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) takes part alongside other U.S. Army, South Vietnamese Army, and South Korean Armyunits.
- February 13 – United States President Lyndon B. Johnson orders a six-day halt of American bombing raids over Vietnam during the visit of Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin to London.[1]
- February 16 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 708, a Lockheed L-188A Electra, crashes on landing at Manado on Sulawesi in Indonesia, killing 22 of the 92 people on board.
- February 21 – McDonnell Aircraft completes the 2,000th F-4 Phantom II.[5]
- February 22 – 845 troops of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade take part in Operation Junction City, the only paratrooper assault of the Vietnam War
- February 26 – U.S. Navy
March
- The AGM-62 Walleye television-guided glide bomb is used in combat for the first time when U.S. Navy aircraft in Vietnam employ it in an attack on enemy barracks at Sam Lon.[1]
- March 5
- Varig Airlines Flight 837, a Douglas DC-8-33, crashes on approach to Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, Liberia, killing 51 of the 90 people on board and five people on the ground.
- A propeller fails aboard Convair CV-580, causing its blades to penetrate the cabin and sever control cables. The airliner crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing all 38 people on board.
- The second launch of the banking at hypersonic speeds. The X-23's recovery parachute deploys properly for the first time and two of the recovery aircraft locate it, but its reefing cutters fail to actuate, making it dangerous to attempt to bring the X-23 aboard one of the JC-130Bs. The X-23 descends into the Pacific Oceanbeneath its parachute and sinks when its flotation balloon sinks before a surface ship can reach it.
- March 9 – Terminal Control Areas.
- March 10
- American aircraft attack the steel and iron works at Thái Nguyên, North Vietnam, for the first time.[1]
- After the F-4 Phantom of his wingman, Captain Earl Aman, suffers damage from antiaircraft fire over North Vietnam and loses almost all of its fuel, U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Pardo has Aman lower his tailhook and pushes Aman's F-4 by maneuvering to place Aman's tailhook against the base of his own windscreen. With one of his own F-4's engines on fire, Pardo pushes Aman' powerless plane for 90 miles (145 km), and all four men aboard the two fighters eject over Laos, where they can avoid capture, rather than North Vietnam.[6]
- , killing all four people on board.
- March 13
- A former
- The pilot of East London, South Africa. The co-pilot is unable to regain control of the Viscount, and it crashes into the Indian Ocean off the Eastern Capeprovince of South Africa, killing all 25 people on board.
- March 30 - Delta Air Lines Flight 9877, a DC-8, crashes in New Orleans during a training flight, killing all 6 people on board and 13 on the ground.
April
- April 1
- The United States Department of Transportation begins operations. The Federal Aviation Agency is renamed the Federal Aviation Administration and becomes a component of the new department, and its largest component. The Civil Aeronautics Board also becomes part of the new department.
- The accident investigation, including aviation accidents and incidents. It takes over this function from the Civil Aeronautics Board, whose responsibilities henceforth are limited to the regulation of commercial airline routes and fares.
- April 6 – Trans World Airlines retires it last Lockheed Constellation from passenger service and becomes the first all-jet airline.[8]
- April 7 – After a MiG-21 (NATO reporting name "Fishbed") fighters responds. Within minutes, the Mirages shoot down six MiG-21s and chase the survivors as far as the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, before breaking off pursuit.[9]
- April 7–22 – The U.S. Army's Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam.[10]
- April 10
- The chief of the
- Gates Rubber Company acquires a controlling interest in Lear Jet Industries.
- April 11 – A Cessna Skymaster piloted by Whataburger co-founder Harmon Dobson crashes shortly after takeoff in La Porte, Texas, killing Dobson and a business associate.[12][13]
- April 17 – Japan Air Lines (JAL) begins a Tokyo-Moscow service using four Tupolev Tu-114 (NATO reporting name "Cleat") airliners reconfigured to a two-class layout with 105-seats and a mixed Aeroflot-JAL crew that includes one JAL flight crew member and a cabin crew of 10, of which five are from JAL and five from Aeroflot. The service continues until 1969, when the airliners are returned to Aeroflot and to their Soviet domestic 200-seat layout.
- April 18 – service.
- April 19 – The third and final launch of the ballistic track. All systems work perfectly and the X-23 is recovered in mid-air by a JC-130B over the Pacific Oceanin condition to fly again, although no further X-23 flights take place.
- April 20
- April 23 – Five hijackers commandeer a Nigeria Airways Fokker F27 Friendship during a domestic flight in Nigeria from Benin City to Lagos. The airliner diverts to a landing in Enugu, Nigeria.[14]
- April 25 – A U.S. Air Force crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 15 of the 16-man crew.
- April 27 – In North Vietnam, U.S. Navy aircraft strike Kép Air Base and U.S. Air Force aircraft attack Hòa Lạc Air Base.[1]
- April 28 – The McDonnell-Douglas Corporation.[15]
May
- U.S. Navy "Alpha strikes" against North Vietnam become routine.[1]
- May 1 – The U.S.
- May 15 – As the possibility of war with
- May 18 – The R. Walter Cunningham.
- May 20 – American aircraft strike military targets in downtown Hanoi.[1]
- May 23 – United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration prohibits any American air attacks within a 10-mile (16-km) radius of Hanoi.[18]
- May 31 – A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankermakes an emergency refuelling of six U.S. Navy jets.
June
- People's Republic of China.[18]
- June 3 – The Air Ferry Douglas DC-4 G-APYK. on a charter flight from Manston Airport to Perpignan, crashes into Mount Canigou, France, killing all 88 passengers and crew.
- June 4 – The crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, England, killing 72 of the 84 people on board and seriously injuring all 12 survivors.
- June 5
- The MiGs get into the air, but Israeli aircraft shoot 12 of them down and the remainder crash when they cannot find a serviceable runway to land on; the Il-14 lands at Cairo International Airport, the only Egyptian plane to land safely anywhere during the morning. The Egyptian Air Force is knocked out of the war. Israel loses 19 aircraft during the strikes – two Dassault Mystères in air-to-air combat, one Sud Aviation Vautour to ground fire, and 16 to non-combat causes.[21]
- The
- In the afternoon, the Israeli Air Force attacks all five MiG-17 (NATO reporting name "Fresco") fighters in air-to-air combat. It also attacks airbases in western Iraq, destroying 20 more aircraft there. Israel loses one Mystère.[23]Israel's successful attacks on its opponents allow the Israeli Air Force to focus on ground-attack missions for the remainder of the war.
- Israeli Air Force Umm Katef in the Sinai Peninsula.[24]
- Boeing delivers its 1,000th jet airliner, a Boeing 707-120B built for American Airlines.
- The
- June 6
- Israeli aircraft mount heavy strikes against Royal Jordanian Army tanks in Jordan's Dotan Valley.[25]
- In response to the growth of air traffic in São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport.
- June 7
- Israeli aircraft conduct heavy strikes against Syrian trenchlines and bunkers in the Golan Heights.[26]
- Three Israeli Air Force Nord Noratlas transport planes land on the runway at El-Tor, which they also capture.[27]
- June 8
- In the . Liberty suffers heavy damage, with 34 of her crew killed and 171 wounded.
- Israeli Air Force planes fly continuously over the Suez Canal, attacking Egyptian Army forces attempting to retreat across it. Heavy Egyptian antiaircraft fire shoots down three Dassault Ouragans and two Dassault Mystères.[28]
- June 9 – The Israeli Air Force mounts a large, continuous attack against Syrian Army defensive positions in the Golan Heights, employing high-explosive bombs and napalm, and dropping bombs designed to crater runways on Syrian bunkers.[29]
- June 10 – The Six-Day War ends in a complete Israeli triumph. During the war, the Arabcountries have lost 452 aircraft, while Israel has lost 46.
- June 17 – The
- June 18 – The first regularly scheduled winter flight to Antarctica takes place, when the U.S. Navy James Lloyd Abbot, Jr., in the cockpit alongside its pilot, flies from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station with 22 people (including two parties of scientists riding as passengers), 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg) of mail, and almost 3,000 pounds (1,361 kg) of fresh food on board. All previous winter flights to Antarctica had been solely for the emergency evacuation of medical patients. The aircraft returns to Christchurch the following day.[30][31]
- June 23 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 40, a BAC 1-11 204AF, crashes at Blossburg, Pennsylvania, due to a non-return valve failure, killing all 34 passengers and crew. It is the deadliest accident in the history of Mohawk Airlines.
- June 30
- Thai Airways International Flight 601, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashes into the South China Sea while on approach to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong, killing 24 of the 80 people on board and injuring all 56 survivors.
- Aden Airways ceases operations.
July
- July 19
- The last U.S. Navy component of the Military Airlift Command, Air Transport Squadron 3, is disestablished at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. Henceforth the Military Airlift Command consists only of U.S. Air Force components.[32]
- The Boeing 727-22 Manhattan Pacemaker, operating as Flight 22 with 79 people on board, collides with a Lanseair, Inc., Cessna 310 with three people on board shortly after takeoff from Asheville Regional Airport in Asheville, North Carolina. Both aircraft crash, killing all 82 people on the two planes; among the dead on the Piedmont jet is John T. McNaughton, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and one of United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's closest advisers. The incident is the first major air accident investigated by the newly formed U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
- July 29 – On USS Forrestal (CVA-59)kills 134 men, injures 161, destroys 21 aircraft, and knocks the ship out of action until April 1968.
August
- United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration restricts all American bombing of targets in central Hanoi for two months, effective to October.[18]
- August 6 – Five Colombian men
- August 7 – Iberia Airlines jointly inaugurate the world's longest non-stop air route, between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
- August 9 – The world's first antisubmarine helicopter enters service, a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Westland Wessex HAS.3 with No. 814 Squadron.[34]
- August 10 – Flying an MiG-21s (NATO reporting name "Fishbed") over North Vietnam using AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.[35]
- August 11 – metric tons/tonnes) of bombs.
- August 19 – U.S. Marine Corps Captain Navy Cross.[36]
- August 27 – Lake Erie skydiving disaster: After an air traffic controller confuses a converted civilian North American B-25 Mitchell with another plane, the B-25 mistakenly drops eighteen skydivers over Lake Erie, four or five nautical miles (7.5–9.3 km) from Huron, Ohio. Sixteen drown.[37] A National Transportation Safety Board report will later fault the pilot and controller, and to a lesser extent the skydivers.[38][39] The United States will be held liable for the controller's negligence.[40]
- August 30
- American aircraft bomb North Vietnamese road, railroad, and canal traffic in an attempt to isolate Haiphong.[18]
- The Mutual Defense Assistance Program; Spain will purchase the ship outright in 1973. Renamed Dédalo (R01), she will serve in the Spanish Navy until 1989.[41]
September
- September 1 – The U.S. Navy's first dedicated antisubmarine squadrons.[42]
- September 3 – Saudi businessman Beechcraft 18 (registration HZ-IBN) crashes while trying to land on an airstrip at Usran in southwestern Saudi Arabia.[43]
- September 9 – Three passengers
- September 11 – U.S. Navy aircraft strike the port facilities at Cẩm Phả, North Vietnam, for the first time.[18]
- September 19 – Delta Air Transport begins operations with a flight from Antwerp, Belgium, to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, using a Beechcraft Queen Air.
- September 22 – North American Rockwell Corporation.[45]
October
- October 1 – Frontier Airlines purchases Central Airlines and takes over its airliner fleet and routes.
- October 3
- The U.S. Navy's first dedicated search-and-rescue squadron, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Seven (HC-7), makes its first rescue, saving an American airman downed in Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam.[42]
- U.S. Air Force Major William J. Knight sets a new world airspeed record in the North American X-15A-2, reaching Mach 6.72 (4,520 mph, 7,274 km/h), and lands safely despite multiple structural failures that cause the X-15's scramjet module to separate from the aircraft and damage the fuel-jettison system. It will prove to be the highest speed achieved by any aircraft at any time during the 20th century.[46]
- The U.S. Navy's first dedicated
- October 5
- Soviet test pilot Mikhail M. Komarov averages 2,981.5 km/h (1,851.5 mph) over a 500-km (310.5-mile) closed circuit in a Mig Ye-155, setting a new speed record for the distance with no payload.
- Soviet test pilot Alexander V. Fedotov sets a new altitude record with a 1,000-kg (2,205-pound) payload in a Mig Ye-155, reaching 29,977 meters (98,349 feet).
- American
- October 8
- American aircraft strike Cat Bi airfield near Haiphong in North Vietnam for the first time.[18]
- The first helicopter gunship designed as such to see combat, the U.S. Army's AH-1G Cobra, flies its first combat mission when two AH-1Gs operating over South Vietnam escort U.S. Army transport helicopters, then support South Vietnamese troops by destroying four enemy fortifications and sinking 14 sampans.[47]
- October 12 – The de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4B G-ARCO, operating as Cyprus Airways Flight 284, breaks up in mid-air and crashes into the Mediterranean Sea 22 miles (35 km) south of Demre, Turkey, killing all 66 people on board.
- October 23 – American aircraft attack Phúc Yên Air Base, North Vietnam's largest airfield, for the first time.[18]
November
- November 4 – Blackdown, Sussex, killing all 37 on board. English actress June Thorburn is among the dead.[43]
- November 6 – Douglas DC-9on the runway during its takeoff roll. The 707 overruns the end of the runway and crashes, killing one and injuring 10 of the 36 people on board.
- November 8–9 (overnight) – Shot down by Viet Cong ground fire in an HH-3E helicopter and badly burned during a rescue mission southeast of Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, U.S. Air Force Captain Gerald O. Young deliberately draws attention to himself, then evades the enemy on the ground for hours to lead enemy forces away from other Americans on the ground and additional helicopters coming to rescue them. He will receive the Medal of Honor for his actions.[48]
- November 15 – A North American X-15 on a high-altitude flight enters a spin at over Mach 5 and breaks up well above Mach 4, killing its pilot, U.S. Air Force Major Michael J. Adams. His is the only death during the X-15 program.[46]
- November 16
- American aircraft attack the shipyards at Haiphong, North Vietnam, for the first time.[18]
- Aeroflot Flight 2230, an Ilyushin Il-18V (NATO reporting name "Coot") crashes shortly after takeoff from Yekaterinburg in the Soviet Union, killing all 107 people aboard.
- November 17 – American aircraft strike Bach Mai Airfield near Hanoi for the first time.[18]
- November 20 – Greater Cincinnati Airport, killing 70 of the 82 people on board.
December
- Aero Commuter, the future Golden West Airlines, is founded.
- December 4 – The
- December 8 – American F-104 Starfighter in which he is serving as an instructor pilot for a flight test trainee crashes at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The trainee ejects and survives with serious injuries.[43]
- December 10 – Singer .
- December 18 – In Tucson, Arizona, a McDonnell F-4D Phantom II crashed into a supermarket (and several homes) shortly after takeoff from Davis–Monthan AFB; the two crewmen from Nellis AFB ejected safely, but four on the ground were killed.[49][50][51]
- December 26 – The Soviet Union commissions its first helicopter carrier, Moskva.[52]
- December 30 – Liepaja. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Latvian history with 43 fatalities.
- December 31
- The Polaris missile aboard Royal Navysubmarines to act as Britain's nuclear deterrent.
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) begins initial talks to develop guidelines for a re-usable spaceplane.
- The
First flights
January
- Cessna O-2 Skymaster
- January 4 - Taylor Titch[53] G-ATYO
February
- February 8 - Saab Viggen[53]
- February 10 - Dornier Do 31[53]
March
- March 1 - SIAT 223 Flamingo[53]
- March 3 – Beriev Be-30 (NATO reporting name "Cuff")[53]
- March 11 - Bede BD-2[53]
April
- April 7
- SA.340, prototype of the Aérospatiale Gazelle[53]
- Found Centennial 100[53]
- April 8 - Beagle B.121 Pup[54]
- April 9 - Boeing 737[53]
- April 21 - Rollason Beta[53]
May
June
- June 10 – Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 prototype 23-11/1
- June 30 – BAC One-Eleven Series 500 prototype G-ASYD[55]
August
- Schweizer QT-2[56]
- August 18 – Handley Page Jetstream[57]
October
- October 5 - Shin Miewa SS-2[57]
- October 23 - Canadair CL-215[57]
- October 26 - BAC Strikemaster[57]
November
- November 7 - SOCATA ST 10[57]
- November 18 - Dassault Mirage G[57]
- November 28 - Pilatus PC-8D Twin Porter[57]
December
- December 21 - SITAR GY-100 Bagheera[57]
- December 22 - MHK-101[57]
- December 26 - FMA IA 58 Pucará (unpowered prototype)[57]
Entered service
- Mil Mi-8
- Soviet Air Defense Forces
March
May
- May 16 – Beechcraft U-21 Ute with United States Army[58]
June
- Bell AH-1G Cobra with the United States Army[59]
July
- July 18 – U.S. Air Force's 448th Tactical Fighter Squadron; first variable-geometry wing aircraft to enter service, the first with terrain-following radar, and the first able to score direct hits in zero visibility on the first attempt[60]
August
- Tupolev Tu-134 with Aeroflot
September
- Beechcraft Baron Model 56TC[61]
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois with United States Army[62]
- Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name "Crusty") with Aeroflot
- September 15 – Ilyushin IL-62 with Aeroflot
- September 26 – Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB-320 Hansa Jet with Italcementi
November
- November 17 – BAC One-Eleven Series 500 with British European Airways (BEA)[55]
Retirements
Deadliest crash
The deadliest crash of this year was the
, killing 126 of the 130 people on board.References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-87021-559-9, p. 155.
- ^ Maese, Rick (13 January 2017). "At first Super Bowl, the halftime show passed with flying colors". Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 24 registration unknown Amman". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-55750-875-1, pp. 94.
- ^ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 314.
- ^ Wilkinson, Stephan, "Amazing But True Stories," Aviation History, May 2014, p. 33.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 2P CCCP-04959 Black Sea". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ TWA History Timeline Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 25.
- ISBN 978-1-55750-875-1, pp. 77-78.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 26.
- ^ "LaPorte Plance Crash Kills 2". The Baytown Sun. 12 Apr 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-03-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NTSB Identification: FTW67A0100". ntsb.gov. NTSB. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship registration unknown Enugu". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 182.
- ISBN 0-89009-771-2, p. 58.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 30.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-87021-559-9, p. 156.
- ISBN 0-8133-1329-5, p. 17.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 292.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, pp. 165-171.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, pp. 287, 289, 291-292.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 392.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, pp. 235-236.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, pp. 370-371.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 393.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, pp. 252-253.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 276.
- ISBN 0-684-19390-6, p. 398.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) southpolestation.com Hoshko, John, Jr., Lieutenant, USN, "Night Flight to Antarctica." - ^ "J. Lloyd Abbot Jr., Navy rear admiral who led flights to Antarctica, dies at 94 - the Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-23. Schudel, Matt, "Obituary: J. Lloyd Abbott, Jr., 94; Made First Winter Flights to Antarctica," The Washington Post, Sunday, September 16, 2012, p. C7.
- ^ "Chronological History of Naval Air Transprt". www.vrc-50.org. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4) HK-757 Havana". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ISBN 0-87021-026-2, p. 216.
- ^ Anonymous, "122 Days on Yankee Station," Naval History, December 2015, pullout section between pp. 37 and 38.
- ISBN 978-1-55750-875-1, pp. 84-85.
- ^ Jackson, Tom (2017-08-14). "Disaster 50 years ago killed 16 sport parachutists". Sandusky Register. Ogden Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ProQuest 117481014.
- ^ Fatal Parachuting Accident Near Huron, Ohio, August 27, 1967: Special Investigation Report (Report). National Transportation Safety Board. 1967.
- ^ McCarthy, James J. (1978). "Aerobatics, Sport Aviation and Student Instruction". Journal of Air Law and Commerce. 44 (2): 315. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ISBN 0-87021-918-9, p. 111.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55750-875-1, p. 90.
- ^ a b c d "Famous people who died in aviation accidents". planecrashinfo.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) HK-101 Santiago Airport (SCU)". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 328.
- ^ a b Hallion, Richard P., "Across the Hypersonic Divide," Aviation History, July 2012, p. 42.
- ISBN 978-1-55750-875-1, p. 86.
- ISBN 978-1-55750-875-1, pp. 85-86.
- ^ "Jet hits supermarket, killing nine". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 19, 1967. p. 1.
- ^ "Jet crash death toll cut to 4". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 19, 1967. p. 1.
- ^ "4 die as jet slams store and homes". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. December 19, 1967. p. 1.
- ISBN 1-85109-573-X, p. 312.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Taylor 1967, p. iv
- ISBN 978-0-7607-0592-6, p. 94.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7607-0592-6, p. 92.
- ^ Polmar, Norman, "Silent (By) Night," Naval History, October 2017, p. 58.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Taylor 1968, p. v
- ISBN 978-0-7607-0592-6, p. 102.
- ISBN 0-7607-0592-5, p. 112.
- ^ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 205.
- ISBN 978-0-7607-0592-6, p. 100.
- ISBN 0-7607-0592-5, p. 110.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1967). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1967–68. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1968). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1968–69. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.