- 1988 in aviation
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dn3=2010sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1988 :Events
January
*January 26 - the French defence ministry approves full-scale development of theDassault Rafale
*January 30 - aBoeing 747 sets a new around-the-world record of 36 hours 54 minutesApril
*April 23 -Kanellos Kanellopoulos recreates the mythical flight ofDaedalus by flying a pedal-powered aircraft, theMIT Daedalus fromCrete toSantorini , covering the 119 km (74 miles) in 3 hours 54 minutesMay
*May 23 - "Shamu One", aSouthwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 painted like and named after aSeaWorld whale, begins flying for the airline.
*May 24 -British Airways takes overBritish Caledonian June
*June 26 - AnAir France Airbus A320 on a low-and-slow demonstration flight at an airshow atMulhouse-Habsheim crashes and kills three passengers.July
*July 3 - USS "Vincennes" allegedly mistakes anIran Air Airbus A300 airliner (flight 655) for a hostile military plane, shooting it down and killing all 290 people on board.
*July 8 -13 - 11-year oldChris Marshall flies aMooney M20 fromSan Diego toParis August
*August 28 - an accident by aFrecce Tricolori pilot at an airshow at Ramstein Airbase kills 33 people.October
*October 12 - aBar Harbor Airlines ATR-42 missesAir Force One by less than 1,000 feetNovember
*November 10 - theUS Air Force publicly unveils theF-117 Nighthawk December
*December 21 -Pan Am flight 103 , aBoeing 747 flying fromLondon toNew York City , and carrying many passengers back home forChristmas , explodes overLockerbie, Scotland , killing 258 persons. Libyan terrorists are blamed for the tragedy.First flights
April
*April 21 -Boeing 747-400 June
*June 14 -Schweizer 330
*June 28 -Sukhoi Su-35 July
*July 12 - Scaled Composites/Beechcraft Model 143 Triumph, also first flight of theWilliams International FJ44 turbofan engine.
*July 14 - Socata TBM700October
*October 15 -Eurocopter EC 135
*October 27 -ATR-72 December
*December 9 -JAS 39 Gripen Entered service
April
*April 29 -Airbus A320 withBritish Airways
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