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Events

January

• January 5 - Pan Am commences trans-atlantic freight services.

January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was the United States principal international airline from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991, and was credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry. ...

February

• February 10 - Maj George A. Davis Jr is awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously, after attacking a group of 12 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s that were about to bounce other US aircraft. He shot down two before being shot down himself.

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May

• May 1 - the IATA agrees on new "tourist class" fares, which are adopted by Pan Am on its NewYork-London "Rainbow service"
• May 2 - BOAC introduces the de Havilland DH.108 Comet on its London-Johannesburg route, the first regular service flown by a jet airliner. G-AYLP makes the first flight.
• May 12 - Sqn Ldr P. G. Fisher makes the first non-stop, unrefuelled flight from England to Australia in an English Electric Canberra bomber in a record 23 hours 5 minutes.
• May 29 - aerial refueling is used on a combat mission for the first time, with twelve F-84 Thunderjets of the 159th Fighter Bomber Squadron being refueled by a KB-29 Superfortress on their way to Sariwon

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June

• June 16-17 - Soviet Air Force MiG-15s shoot down a Swedish Air Force C-47 Dakota on an intelligence gathering mission over the Baltic Sea, and the PBY Catalina that is sent to search for survivors.
• June 23-24 - in the most intense use of airpower of the Korean War, US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft fly 1,200 sorties against North Korean power generation facilities.

June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... The Soviet Air Force, also known under the abbreviation VVS, transliterated from Russian: ВВС, Военно-воздушные силы (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily), formed the official designation of the airforce of the Soviet Union. ... The Swedish Air Force, or Flygvapnet, is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden. ... Douglas DC-3 VH-AES at Avalon in 2003. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainlands of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ... The PBY Catalina (aka PBY Canso) was the definitive air-sea rescue aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ...

July

• July 1 - the Portuguese Air Force is formed by the amalgamation of the nation's various previous air arms.
• July 8 - New York Airways begins inter-airport helicopter services to link Idlewild, La Guardia, and Newark airports.
• July 15-31 - a pair of USAF H-19 Chickasaws make the first transatlantic crossing by helicopter
• July 29 - a USAF RB-45 Tornado makes the first non-stop crossing of the Pacific by jet

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August

• August 9 - Lt Peter Carmichael of No. 802 Squadron FAA aboard HMS Ocean claims the Fleet Air Arm's first MiG-15 kill, from a Hawker Sea Fury.
• August 28 - a F6F Hellcat is loaded with explosives and flown as a remote-controlled drone against a railway bridge at Hungnam

August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... The fifth HMS Ocean was a Royal Navy Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of 13,190 tons built in Glasgow. ... The Fleet Air Arm is the operational group of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. ... Hawker Sea Furies in Canadian Navy livery. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... The Grumman F6F Hellcat started development as an improved F4F Wildcat, but turned into a completely new design sharing a family resemblance to the Wildcat but with practically no shared parts. ... Unmanned Aerial Vehicle over Iraq. ... Hamhung (Hanja: 咸興), the capitol of South Hamgyong Province, with a population in excess of 800,000 in 2003, is an industrial city which serves as a major port for North Korean foriegn trade. ...

September

• September 6 - the de Havilland Sea Vixen prototype disintegrates at the Farnborough Air Show, killing 28 spectators as well as its pilot

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... The de Havilland Sea Vixen was a 1950s two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA); the air wing of the Royal Navy (RN) built by de Havilland. ... An Airbus A340 at Farnborough The Red Arrows in formation at Farnborough The Farnborough International Exhibition and Flying Display is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. ...

October

• October 26 - a BOAC Comet is badly damaged in an accident during take-off from Rome

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... After technical problems with the Comet, BOAC resumed jet service with imported Boeing 707s. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...

First flights

January

• January 3 - Bristol Belvedere

April January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• April 15 - Boeing YB-52

June April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

• June 19 - Yak-120 prototype of Yakovlev Yak-25

July June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor used by the Soviet Union. ...

• July 3 - Yak-24 twin engine tandem helicopter

August July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... The Yakovlev Yak-24 (NATO reporting name Horse) was a twin engine, twin rotor transport helicopter developed in the USSR. History The Yak-24 was designed in the construction bureau of Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, not specializing in helicopters so far, to meet a demand for a heavy transport helicopter to...

• August 6 - Boulton Paul P.120
• August 16 - Bristol Britannia
• August 22 - Saunders-Roe Princess
• August 30 - Avro Vulcan

September August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Bristol Type 175 Britannia was a medium/long-range airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1952 to fly a number of air routes across the British Empire. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... The Saunders-Roe Princess was a very large flying boat aircraft built in the United Kingdom by Saunders-Roe, based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... The Avro Vulcan was a British-built jet-engined, delta-winged subsonic bomber, once part of the RAFs V bomber force. ...

• September 10 - BOMARC surface-to-air missile
• September 20 - Douglas X-3 Stiletto
• September 28 - Dassault Mystère IV
• September 30 - GAM-63 Rascal surface-to-air missile

October September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... The Bomarc Missile Program was a joint United States of America-Canada effort during 1957 to 1971 to protect against the USSR bomber threat. ... A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was an experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ...

• October 16 - Sud Aviation Vautour
• October 28 - Douglas XA3D-1

November October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... The Sud Aviation (SNCASO) S.O. 4050 Vautour II was a French bomber, interceptor, and attack aircraft used by the Armée de lAir (AdA) and the Israeli Heyl HaAvir. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... The A-3 Skywarrior was the only strategic bomber ever built for the United States Navy. ...

• November 3 - Saab Lansen

December November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... The SAAB A32 Lansen (Swedish:lance) was a two-seater attack aircraft produced by SAAB from 1955 to 1960 for Flygvapnet, the Swedish air force. ...

• December 24 - Handley Page Victor

December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... The Handley Page Victor was a British jet bomber aircraft, one of the V bombers intended to carry Britains nuclear arsenal. ...

Entered service

January

• January 22 - de Havilland DH.108 Comet with BOAC

March January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article deals with the de Havilland Comet jet airliner. ... After technical problems with the Comet, BOAC resumed jet service with imported Boeing 707s. ...

• March 13 - Airspeed Ambassador with BEA

June March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... The Airspeed Ambassador was a twin piston engined airliner that first flew on July 10, 1947 and served in very small numbers through the 1950s. ... For alternate usages of BEA see Bea (disambiguation) Hawker-Siddeley Trident 1C (G-ARPC), built 1962 and destroyed in a fire at London (Heathrow) Airport in 1975. ...

• June 17 - airship ZPN-1 with the US Navy

August June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Akron in flight, 2 November 1931 An airship is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

• de Havilland Venom with the RAF

Venom on display at Willow Run Airport in Michigan, 2002 The de Havilland DH.112 Venom was a post- war jet single-seat fighter-bomber of the Royal Air Force. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ...