Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/January in aviation/January 12
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- 1979 - Pilatus Aircraft acquires Britten-Norman
- 1975 - British Airways begins Europe's first no-booking shuttle service, between London and Glasgow.
- 1973 - A US Navy F-4 Phantom scores the 197th and final US air-to-air victory of the Vietnam War
- 1939 - the RAF Auxiliary Air Force Reserve is formed
- 1916 - German aces Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, with 8 kills, are the first pilots awarded with Pour le Mérite ("the Blue Max")
