1984 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1984:
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
- January 10 – A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 strikes a power line and crashes on approach to Sofia Airport in Sofia, Bulgaria, in heavy snow, killing all 50 people on board.
[edit] February
- February 21 – 14 hours and 2 minutes after taking off from New York, Air France pilot Patrick Fourticq and his companion, race driver Henry Pescarolo, land their Piper Malibu in Paris, setting a world record for a trans-Atlantic flight by a single engined light aircraft.
- February 29 – American Airlines sets an industry record by ordering 67 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airliners, with options to order 100 more in the future.
[edit] March
- March 22 – A fire breaks out aboard Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501, a Boeing 737-235 with 119 people on board, during its takeoff roll at Calgary International Airport at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, after a faulty compressor disk breaks apart and pierces a fuel tank. Its pilot aborts the take off and all aboard evacuate the aircraft without fatalties, although 27 people are injured, five seriously. The airliner is badly damaged.
[edit] April
- April 29 – Trans World Airlines starts services to ten new cities in one day, the largest single-day expansion in its history.
[edit] June
- June 16 – Frontier Airlines pilot Emily Warner and co-pilot Barbara Cook make history by directing the first all-female commercial airline crew, on a flight from Denver, Colorado, to Lexington, Kentucky.
- June 22 –Richard Branson's airline, Virgin Atlantic Airways, begins services from London, England, to North America, using Boeing 747s.
[edit] July
- July 3 – Air Florida suspends all its flights after going bankrupt.
[edit] August
- August 30 – While taxiing out for takeoff at Douala International Airport outside Douala, Cameroon, Cameroon Airlines Flight 786, a Boeing 737-2H7C with 116 people on board, suffers an uncontained compressor failure in its number two engine which starts a fire. All on board evacuate the plane, although the fire kills two of them after they exit the cabin. The aircraft is destroyed.
[edit] September
- September 14-18 – American Joseph Kittinger makes the first solo transatlantic balloon flight, from Carbon, Maine, in the United States to Savona, Italy.
[edit] October
- October 2 – The United States Navy awards McDonnell Douglas a US$438 million contract to develop the T-45 Goshawk.
- October 4 – 61-year-old Elaine Yadwin – not a pilot – lands a Piper Cherokee Warrior II safely in Florida after her husband, the plane's pilot, dies during the flight.
- October 11 – After a ground controller falls alseep on duty, Aeroflot Flight 3352, a Tupolev Tu-154, strikes several maintenance vehicles and crashes while landing at Omsk Tsentralny Airport in Omsk in the Soviet Union, killing 174 of the 179 people on board and four people on the ground.
- October 24 – The first flight of PZL-130 Orlik, a Polish turboprop trainer aircraft, takes place.
[edit] November
- November 1 – British Airways and some other international airlines begin relief flights carrying food and supplies to Ethiopia during a major famine there.
- November 1 – American Eagle Airlines begins operations.
[edit] December
- December 1 – The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration intentionally crashes a Boeing 720 as part of its Controlled Impact Demonstration Program at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
- December 6 – Provincetown-Boston Airlines Flight 1039, an Embraer 110 Bandeirante, crashes on takeoff from Jacksonville International Airport at Jacksonville, Florida, after its tail section separates from the aircraft due to a maintenance error. All 13 people on board die in the crash and ensuing fire.
- December 17 – A United States Air Force C-5 Galaxy becomes airborne with 920,836 pounds (417,684 kg) aboard, setting a U.S. national record.
[edit] First flights
[edit] February
- February 6 - AIDC AT-3
- February 14 - Cessna Citation S/II
- February 15 - Cessna T-47
[edit] April
- April 24 - Dornier SeaStar D-ICDS
[edit] May
- May 7 - Pilatus PC-9
- May 15 - AMX International AMX
[edit] June
- June 22 - Rutan Voyager
- June 28 - Fuji KM-2D
[edit] July
- July 4 - Bell Twin Ranger
[edit] August
- August 16 - ATR 42
- August 16 - Harbin Y-12
[edit] September
- September 13 - Lockheed S-3B Viking[1]
- September 17 - Avtek 400 N400AV
- September 21 - Dassault Falcon 900
[edit] October
- October 6 - FMA IA 63 Pampa
- October 12 - PZL-130 Orlik
[edit] December
- December 14 - Grumman X-29
[edit] Entered service
[edit] May
- May 12 - Airbus A310 with Air France.
[edit] June
[edit] July
- July 2 - Mirage 2000 with Escadron de Chasse 1/2
[edit] Retirements
[edit] References
- ^ Bodie, Warren M., "Flashback," Aviation History, July 2008, p. 45.
- ^ Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, ISBN 0-517-56588-9, p. 409.
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