1960 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1960.

Events

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September

October

November

December

First flights

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April

May

June

July

August

October

November

December

Entered service

March

May

June

Retirements

July

September

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was the 1960 New York mid-air collision, when a United Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-8 collided with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over New York City on 16 December, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft, as well as six on the ground. At the time, it became the deadliest aviation disaster of all time. The deadliest single-aircraft crash was World Airways Flight 830, a chartered Douglas DC-6 carrying American overseas servicemen in Guam on 19 September, killing 80 of the 94 people on board.

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