- 1996 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1993
yp2=1994
yp3=1995
year=1996
ya1=1997
ya2=1998
ya3=1999
dp3=1960s
dp2=1970s
dp1=1980s
d=1990s
dn1=2000s
dn2=2010s
dn3=2020sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1996 :Events
February
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February 6 - Turkish charter companyBirgenair Flight 301 crashes inPuerto Plata ,Dominican Republic after takeoff. 189 people died.
* theT-6 Texan II is selected as the new primary trainer for the United States armed forces.
*Nicholas Piantanida is killed whilst attempting to break theworld balloon altitude record .
*Hildegarde Ferrera becomes the oldest person to parachute out of a plane, at 99 years old.March
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March 15 - TheFokker aircraft manufacturer is declared bankrupt.
*March 21 -Tupolev andNASA begin joint research into civil supersonic transports using a refurbishedTupolev Tu-144 April
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April 12 - Seven year old pilotJessica Dubroff dies during attempt to set record as the youngest person to fly across the United States.May
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May 11 -Valujet Flight 592 crashes in theFlorida Everglades .June
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June 9 - theSwedish Air Force opens a new pilot training centre atSåtenäs July
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July 13 - AGaruda Indonesia Airways DC-10 crashes on take-off fromFukuoka Airport , Japan, killing 3.*
July 17 -TWA Flight 800 , aBoeing 747 with 230 people aboard, explodes off the coast of New York.August
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August 29 -Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashes into a mountain onSpitsbergen killing 141 people.October
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October 8 - threeB-2 Spirit s destroy 16 targets with 16 smart bombs at the Nellis AFB range.November
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November 12 - ASaudi Airlines Boeing 747 collides with aKazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin IL-76 , killing 349 people.
*November 23 -Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crashes inComoros after it got hijacked on air, killing 125 people.December
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December 15 - themerger ofMcDonnell Douglas andBoeing is announced
*December 24 - The1996 New Hampshire Learjet crash which led to a 3-year search for the missing aircraft, and legislation requiring stricter ELT standards.First flights
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Boeing Bird of Prey January
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January 4 -RAH-66 Comanche February
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February 29 -Cessna Citation Excel March
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March 16 -MiG/MAPO MiG-AT
*March 21 -Tupolev TU-214
*March 29 -RQ-3 Dark Star April
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April 4 -Extra 400
*April 5 -Lockheed C-130J
*April 25 - Yakovlev Yak/AEM-130May
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May 1 -NASA ERAST ALTUS II
*May 22 -Airbus A319 June
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June 19 -Scaled Composites Boomerang August
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August 6 -Kawasaki OH-1 eptember
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September 30 -Aero L-59 Super Albatros October
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Kawada Robocopter
*October 29 - PZL SW-4 helicopterNovember
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November 29 -Tupolev TU-144LL Entered service
June
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Saab JAS-39A Gripen Retirements
May
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May 30 -Mirage IV-P Bombers of theArmée de l'Air are retired.July
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July 27 - the final General Dynamics F-111Fattack aircraft are withdrawn fromUSAF service; on its retirement, the aircraft finally receives an official popular name: "Aardvark ."October
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October 17 - The last airworthyVickers Vanguard ,G-APEP , makes the type's last flight.December
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December 19 - TheUS Navy retires it'sGrumman A-6 Intruders .
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