Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/June in aviation/June 1
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- 2004- America West Airlines starts service between Phoenix and Anchorage.
- 1983 - Singapore Airlines announces it has bought six Boeing 747s and four Boeing 757s, making it the first Asian airline to buy the 757.
- 1964 - the Kenyan Air Force is established
- 1961 - United Air Lines absorbs Capital Airlines to become the largest airline in the West, with a fleet of 267 aircraft.
- 1960 - Trans-Canada Air Lines begins transatlantic services, flying between Montreal and London
- 1951 - BEA commences helicopter services between London and Birmingham
- 1950 - BEA commences the first regular passenger service to be flown by helicopter, between Liverpool and Cardiff.
- 1919 - A permanent flight of aircraft is stationed in San Diego to serve as a forest fire patrol. The machines are war-surplus Curtiss JN-4s.
- 1912 - The first military aeroplane flight in Norway is made by Lt Hans Dons in HNoMS Start a Etrich Taube(pictured).
