- 1974 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1971
yp2=1972
yp3=1973
year=1974
ya1=1975
ya2=1976
ya3=1977
dp3=1940s
dp2=1950s
dp1=1960s
d=1970s
dn1=1980s
dn2=1990s
dn3=2000sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from 1974:Events
March
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March 3 -Turkish Airlines Flight 981 , aDC-10 , crashes into forest nearErmenonville ,France , killing 346 people. At the time, it was the worst aviation disaster in history.July
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July 22 - theUS Navy and Marine Corps evacuate 500 people fromCyprus , away from the conflict erupting betweenGreece andTurkey on the islandeptember
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September 1 - aSR-71 Blackbird crosses the Atlantic Ocean in less than two hours.November
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November 20 -Lufthansa flight 540 crashes and burns moments after takeoff, killing 59 people. It was the first major accident involving theBoeing 747 .First flights
January
*January 9 -WSK-Mielec M-15 "SP-1974"
*January 20 - General Dynamics YF-16 "72-01567"February
*February 21 -HTM Skyrider "D-HHTF"June
*June 9 - Northrop YF-17 "72-01569"
*June 24 -Aerospatiale AS 350 Ecureuil "F-WVKH"August
*August 14 - Panavia MRCA (later Tornado) "D-9591"
*August 21 -Hawker-Siddeley Hawk "XX154"
*August 22 -Shorts 360 "G-BSBH"September
*September 11 - Bell 206L LongRanger "N206L"
*September 25 - Northrop F-5F Tiger II "73-0889"October
*October 17 - Sikorsky YUH-60 "73-21650"
*October 28 -Dassault Super Étendard
*October 31 -IAR-93 RO-001 /J-22 Orao 25001November
*November 8 - IA 58 Pucará
*November 29 -Boeing Vertol YUH-61 "73-21656"December
*December 23 -B-1 Lancer "74-0158"Entered service
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Sukhoi Su-24 'Fencer' with VVSFebruary
*February 20 -S-3 Viking withVS-41 ,NAS North Island May
*May 23 -Airbus A300 withAir France September
*September 17 -F-14 Tomcat withVF-1 andVF-2 aboard USS "Enterprise"November
*November 14 -F-15 Eagle with the555th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron atLuke AFB
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