1967 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1967:

Events

The Canadian Golden Centennaires aerobatic team is formed and performs all year to celebrate the Canadian Centennial year.

Boeing opens its biggest factory (largest building by volume), the Boeing Everett Factory, in Everett, Washington.

January 1 – The United States conducts a 48-hour standdown of air operations over Vietnam for the New Year holiday.

January 2

In the biggest air battle to date in the Vietnam War, seven North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s (NATO reporting name "Fishbed") are destroyed by U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom II fighters of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Operation Bolo.
The contracts for the development of the Boeing SST supersonic transport and its engines are awarded.

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