- 1958 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1955
yp2=1956
yp3=1957
year=1958
ya1=1959
ya2=1960
ya3=1961
dp3=1920s
dp2=1930s
dp1=1940s
d=1950s
dn1=1960s
dn2=1970s
dn3=1980sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1958 :Events
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Gulfstream Aerospace founded inSavannah, Georgia , USA.
*London Gatwick Airport opens after two years of extensive reconstruction. It is the first multimodal airport in the world, with direct rail connections from the main terminal toLondon andBrighton .January
*January 14 -Qantas becomes the first foreign airline permitted to fly across theUnited States February
*February 13 - the British Ministry of DefenceWhite Paper makes Britain's nuclear weapons programme public knowledge.March
*March 17 -Air Inter commences operationsMay
*May 16 - Cpt W. W. Irwin sets a new airspeed record of 1,404 mph (2,259 km/h) in aF-104 Starfighter , the first record over 2,000 km/h
*May 17 - fourF3H Demon s and fourF8U Crusader s make a non-stop crossing of the Atlantic
*May 23 - theShort S.C.1 VTOL aircraft makes its first hovering flightSeptember
*September 30 - Britain's lastflying boat airliners are put out of service whenAquila Airways terminates itSouthampton -Madeira route.First flights
March
*March 5 -Yakovlev Yak-28
*Aerfer Ariete
*March 25 - TheAvro CF-105 Arrow (RL201) made its maiden flight in Malton (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).April
*April 22 -Boeing Vertol 107-II
*April 30 -Blackburn Buccaneer "XK 486"May
*May 12 -Dassault Mirage III
*May 27 - McDonnell XF4H-1June
*June 9 -Agusta AZ8-L July
*July 30 -de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou "CF-KTK-X"August
*August 31 - North American A3J-1 VigilanteSeptember
*September 16 - North American NA265-40 SabrelinerNovember
*Adams-Wilson Hobbycopter December
*December 4 -Baade B-152 V1 PrototypeEntered service
January
*F-104 Starfighter with the83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron USAF atHamilton AFB April
*April 9 -Handley Page Victor withNo. 10 Squadron RAF atRAF Cottesmore
*April 21 -Vertol Model 44 withNew York Airways May
*May 26 - Republic F-105B Thunderchief with the335th Tactical Fighter Squadron USAF atEglin AFB August
*Boeing 707 withPan Am November
*de Havilland Sea Vixen to700 Naval Air Squadron December
*Lockheed L-188 Electra withAmerican Airlines
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