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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 Glasgow.
- 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 Ye-133, a modified MiG-25PU two-seat trainer
August
- August 3 - A privately chartered Boeing 707 impacts the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco killing 188.
- August 9 - Japan Air Lines establishes Japan Asia Airways as a subsidiary
First flights
January- January 25 - Birdman TL-1, lightest piloted powered aircraft
- February 22 - Sukhoi T-8-1, prototype of the Su-25 attack aircraft
- October 1 - Bell YAH-63
Entered service
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