1979 in aviation

1979 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1979:

Events

January

* January 12 - Pilatus Aircraft acquires Britten-Norman

February

* February 26 - Production of the A-4 Skyhawk ends after 26 years, with the delivery of the 2,690th and final aircraft to the United States Marine Corps.

March

* March 10 - The US Air Force sends E-3 Sentry aircraft to monitor the civil war in Yemen
* March 25 - Qantas retires its last Boeing 707 and becomes the world's first airline with a fleet of exclusively Boeing 747s

May

*May 16 - a New York Airways Sikorsky S-61 tips over while taking on passengers at the Pan Am Building in New York City, killing four. The heliport is permanently closed afterward.
* May 25 - an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago during take-off, killing all 269. DC-10s are grounded across the US.

June

* June 12 - Bryan Allen flies the "Gossamer Albatross" across the English Channel using pedal power.
* June 27 - Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagles shoot down four Syrian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s

July

* July 23 - the British government announces plans to privatise British Airways and publicly sell British Aerospace shares.

August

* August 14 - Steve Hinton sets a new piston-engined airspeed record in a specially-modified P-51 Mustang named the "Red Baron". He reaches 499 mph (803 km/h) over Nevada.
* August 17 - Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine, killing 156

October

* October 30 - Sir Barnes Wallis dies, aged 82.

November

* November 29 - an Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes on the Mt Erebus volcano, killing all aboard.

December

* December 25 - Antonov An-12s and An-22s airlift the first Soviet troops into Afghanistan. 5,000 arrive in the first 24 hours.

First flights

February

* February 28 - PAC Cresco

March

* March 9 - Dassault Mirage 4000
* March 22 - CP-140 Aurora

April

* April 10 - Westland WG.30 "G-BGHF"
* April 19 - Learjet 55

May

* May 15 - Dassault Mirage 50
* May 18 - Piper PA-42 Cheyenne

June

* June 12 - Rutan Long-EZ prototype, N79RA

July

* July 24 - Bell XV-15

October

* October 27 - Panavia Tornado ADV

November

* November 30 - Piper Malibu

December

* December 12 - SH-60 Seahawk "161169"
* December 14 - Edgley Optica "G-BGMW"
* December 21 - NASA AD-1
* December 22 - Aérospatiale Epsilon

Entered service

January
* January 6 - F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF.


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