1971 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1971:
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[edit] Events
January
- January 6 - the United States Marine Corps takes delivery of its first AV-8 Harriers [1]
- January 22 - a US Navy P-3 Orion sets a distance record of 7,010 miles (11,282 km) for an aircraft in its class [1]
March
- March 24 - Federal funding for the Boeing SST project is cut by the US Congress.[2]
May
June
- June 18 - Southwest Airlines founded
July
- July 30 - All Nippon Airways Flight 58 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 Sabre collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162 [3]
September
- First crossing of the Atlantic by Concorde
- September 11 - Britten-Norman Trislander makes first flight
October
- October 1 - Aurigny Air Services commences operations with Britten-Norman Trislander [1]
December
- December 3-17 - Indo-Pakistan War. The Indian Air Force loses 72 aircraft and the Pakistan Air Force 94 aircraft.[1]
- December 24 - LANSA Flight 508 a Lockheed L-188 was destroyed by a thunderstrike high over eastern Peru's Amazon rainforest; one woman survived, her fall cushioned by the foliage.
[edit] First flights
January
February
March
- AEREON 26
- March 15 - VFW-Fokker H3 Sprinter D-9543
- March 21 - Westland Lynx XW835
- March 25 - Ilyushin Il-76 SSSR-86712
- March 26 - CASA C.212 Aviocar [1]
- March 31 - SH-2D Sea Sprite[1]
April
May
- May 28 - Dassault Mercure F-WTCC [1]
July
- July 14 - VFW-614 D-BABA [1]
- July 20 - Mitsubishi T-2 [1]
- July 23 - GAF Nomad VH-SUP [1]
- July 30 - Robin HR200
August
September
- September 3 - Embraer Xavante [1]
- September 10 - Bell 309 KingCobra N309J [1]
- September 11 - Britten-Norman Trislander
- September 12 - Bede BD-5 N500BD [1]
- September 20 - VFW VAK 191B [1]
- September 30 - Avro Shackelton AEW2 WL745 [1]
October
- October 21 - Italair F.20 Pegaso I-GEAV
December
- Aerosport Quail N88760
[edit] Entered service
January
- January 20 - McDonell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II with Luftwaffe [1]
- January 29 - EA-6 Prowler with VAQ-129 at NAS Whidbey Island [1]
April
- April 1 - Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B with British European Airways
- April 15 - Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier with VMA-513 of the United States Marine Corps [1]
August
October
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- "Boeing 2707". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/b2707.htm. Retrieved on 2008-10-14.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.
- "The Worst Ever". TIME. 9 August 1971. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903063,00.html.
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