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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1975:
Events
January
- A specially modified McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle sets eight time to climb records, including one of 3 minutes 27 seconds from standstill on the runway to a height of 30,000 metres (98,425 feet).
- January 12 - British Airways begins Europe's first no-booking shuttle service , between London and Glasgpw .
- January 14 - the F-16 Fighting Falcon is announced as the winner of the LWF (Light Weight Fighter) competition
- January 20 - terrorists hijack an Air France Boeing 707 and have it flown to Baghdad
April
- April 1 - Republic of Singapore Air Force is formed
- April 30 - the US Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps evacuate 7,000 US and South Vietnamese officials from Saigon
June
- June 22 - Svetlana Savitskaya sets a new women's airspeed record of 2,683 km/h (1,667 mph) in the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-133
August
- August 9 - Japan Air Lines establishes Japan Asia Airways as a subsidiary
First flights
January
- January 25 - Birdman TL-1 , lightest piloted powered aircraft
March
June
- June 3 - Mitsubishi F-1
July
August
September
October
- October 1 - Bell YAH-63
Entered service
March
- March 5 - Shin Meiwa US-1 with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force
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