This is a list of aviation-related events from 1979: This is a timeline of aviation history. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1974: Events July July 22 - the US Navy and Marine Corps evacuate 500 people from Greece and Turkey on the island September September 1 - a SR-71 Blackbird crosses the Atlantic Ocean in less than two hours. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1975: Events January A specially modified McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle sets eight time to climb records, including one of 3 minutes 27 seconds from standstill on the runway to a height of 30,000 metres (98,425 feet). ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1976: Events March March 17 - a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 makes the first non-stop flight from Tokyo to New York, taking 11. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1977: Events March March 27 - 579 people are killed when two Boeing 747s collide on the runway at Santa Cruz airport, Tenerife. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1978: Events January January 1 - British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley, and Scottish Aviation are absorbed into British Aerospace April April 1 - The Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team officially becomes the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1980: Events January January 8 - a Mooney 231 lands in San Francisco, after flying coast to coast non-stop, setting a record by completing the flight in 8 hours and 4 minutes. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1981: // Events January January 3 - Pan Am makes its final Boeing 707 flight. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1982: Events January January 8 - the Airbus A300 is certified, becoming the first wide body airliner with cockpit accommodations for only two to be certified. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1983: Events January January 31 - the Ayres Turbo Thrush NEEDS cropduster plane officially joins the United States war on drugs. February February 1 - Boeing announces it will stop producing Boeing 727 airliners. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1984: Events 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... First flight, December 17, 1903 Aviation or air transport refers to the activities surrounding human flight and the aircraft industry. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Events

January

• January 12 - Pilatus Aircraft acquires Britten-Norman

January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The PC-12 is Pilatus most successful aircraft to date. ... Britten-Norman (officially the Britten-Norman Group or BNG) is a British aircraft manufacturer owned by members of the Zawawi family from the Sultanate of Oman, making it one of the UKs two remaining independent commercial aircraft producers, the other being Slingsby Aviation of Kirkbymoorside in Yorkshire. ...

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.

February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The A-4 Skyhawk is an attack aircraft originally designed to operate from United States Navy aircraft carriers. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

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

March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ... Seal of the Air Force. ... The E-3 Sentry is a military airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft that provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications, to the United States, NATO and other air defense forces. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... Qantas (pronounced ) is the name and callsign of the worlds third oldest continuously running independent airline behind KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Avianca. ... The Boeing 707 is a four engined commercial passenger jet aircraft developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ... The Boeing 747, commonly called a Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable of all jet airliners and is the largest airliner currently in service. ...

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.

May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... This article discusses the helicopter airline, which should not be confused with the 1980s startup airline, New York Air. ... The MetLife Building in New York City The MetLife Building, formerly the Pan Am Building, is located at 200 Park Avenue in New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft at San Juan American Airlines is the largest airline in the world in terms of total passengers transported and fleet size, and the second-largest airline in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in terms of total operating revenues. ... The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engined medium to long-range widebody airliner, with two engines mounted on underwing pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer. ... now. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ...

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

June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... There are several people named Bryan Allen: Bryan Allen - as of 2004 a player for the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL Bryan Allen - hang glider pilot and amateur cyclist, made famous for pedalling across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... The Gossamer Albatross was a human-powered aircraft built by Dr. Paul B. MacCready. ... Map of the English Channel Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche (IPA: ), the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... The Israeli Air Force (IAF) (Hebrew: זרוע האוויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHaḤalal, literally Air and Space Arm) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces and currently operates around 900 aircraft. ... The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle is an American-built all-weather tactical fighter designed to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. ... The Syrian Air Force (Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya in Arabic) is the Aviation branch of the Syrian armed forces. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ...

July

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

July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ... British Airways (LSE: BAY, NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe, with more flights from Europe across the Atlantic than any other operator. ... British Aerospace (BAe) was a UK aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE Systems. ...

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

August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... The North American P-51 Mustang was an American long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of the Second World War and became one of the conflicts most successful and recognizable aircraft. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Soviet redirects here. ... Aeroflot Airbus A319 at Berlin Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофлот — Российские авиалинии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т; literally air fleet), is the Russian national airline and the biggest carrier in Russia. ...

October

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

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... Sir Barnes Neville Wallis Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE, FRS, RDI, commonly known as Barnes Wallis, (September 26, 1887 – October 30, 1979) was a British scientist, engineer and inventor. ...

November

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

November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Air New Zealand (IATA: NZ, ICAO: ANZ, and Callsign: New Zealand) ASX: AIZ NZX: AIR is a major scheduled passenger airline based in Auckland, New Zealand. ... Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano. ...

December

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

December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining for the year. ... The Antonov An-12 (NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft. ... An-22, the worlds largest propeller-driven aircraft Unveiled to the West in 1965, the Antonov An-22 Antey (Антей in Russian; NATO reporting name Cock) was the worlds largest aircraft, until the advent of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital (largest city) Moscow None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics  - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev  - Last Premier Ivan Silayev Establishment October Revolution   - Declared 30...

First flights

March

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

March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... The Mirage 4000 was a prototype jet fighter developed by Dassault Aviation as a twin engine version of their Mirage 2000. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... CP-140 Aurora The CP-140 Aurora is a long range patrol aircraft of the Canadian Air Force. ...

April

• April 10 - Westland WG.30 G-BGHF

April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ...

June

• June 12 - Rutan Long-EZ prototype, N79RA

June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Long-EZ belonging to NOAA The Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ is a homebuilt aircraft with a canard layout designed by Burt Rutans Rutan Aircraft Factory. ...

July

• July 24 - Bell XV-15

July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... XV-15 at National Air and Space Museum The Bell XV-15 was the first successful experimental tiltrotor VTOL airplane. ...

November

• November 30 - Piper Malibu

November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... The Piper PA-46 Malibu, known plainly as the Piper Malibu, is a light aircraft that is manufactured by The New Piper Aircraft Company of the United States. ...

December

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

December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Edgley Optica (source: Edgley Aircraft) The Edgley EA7 Optica was a British light aircraft designed for observation work, intended as as a low-cost alternative to helicopters, retailing originally at around US$ 200,000. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Oblique wing The NASA AD-1 was both an aircraft and an associated flight test program conducted between 1979 and 1982 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards California, which successfully demonstrated an aircraft wing that could be pivoted obliquely from zero to 60 degrees during flight. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Aérospatiale Epsilon is a light military trainer aircraft produced by Aérospatiale. ...

Entered service

January

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