This is a list of aviation-related events from 1961:
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Events
February
- February 1 - Trans-Canada Air Lines becomes the first sustained operators of the Vickers Vanguard.
- February 3 - Operation Looking Glass commences, meaning that the US Air Force Strategic Air Command would have a permanent, airborne command post.
- February 15 - Sabena Flight 548, a Boeing 707, crashes at Brussels, Belgium. All 72 aboard (including the entire United States Figure Skating team), as well as one person on the ground, are killed.
March
- March 28 - Air Afrique is formed
April
- April 1 - VIASA - the flag carrier of Venezuela - commences operations
- April 12 - Yuri Gagarin makes the first human spaceflight in Vostok 1, orbiting the Earth once, in108 minutes.
June
- June 1 - United Air Lines absorbs Capital Airlines to become the largest airline in the West, with a fleet of 267 aircraft.
- June 21-22 - a Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan makes the first non-stop flight from England to Australia
July
- July 1 - the RAF deploys Hawker Hunter combat aircraft to reinforce Kuwait, which is under threat from Iraq. Simultaneously it deploys Canberras and Valiant aircraft to Malta.
- July 24 - the first deliveries of the McDonnell D-101B to the Canadian Air Force commence.
September
- September 12 - the Hawker P.1127 makes its first transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back
November
- November 25 - the US Navy's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise is commissioned.
First flights
February
March
April
May
June
- June 17 - HAL Marut
- June 21 - Aviation Traders Carvair G-ANYB
August
- August 17 - Handley Page HP-115
October
November
- November 11 - Lockheed F-104G Super Starfighter
Entered service
February
June
- AJ3-1 Vigilante with US Navy VAH-3
October
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