1973 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1973:
[edit] Events
- Icelandair established.
- Don Taylor attempts round-the-world trip in his homebuilt Thorp T-18, ended by a spate of really bad weather btween northern Japan and the Aleutian Islands. His next attempt in the summer of 1976 is successful.
January
- January 12 - A US Navy F-4 Phantom scores the 197th and final US air-to-air victory of the Vietnam War
- January 15 - final B-52 Stratofortress mission of the Vietnam War
- January 18 - Results of the USAF A-X fly-off announced, with the Fairchild YA-10 selected over the Northrop YA-9.
- January 27 - end of the Vietnam War
February
- February 24 - United States Marine Corps helicopters begin clearing mines from North Vietnamese harbors
June
- June 3 - The first production Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner broke-up during a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, killing 14.
August
September
- September 11 - An AVE Mizar flying car prototype broke-up in flight over Oxnard, California killing the company founder and the pilot.
October
- October 6 - Egypt and Syria launch air strikes on Israel, starting the Yom Kippur War. The conflict lasts 18 days
[edit] First flights
- AVE Mizar (mid-1973)
January
April
- April 10 - Boeing T-43 71-1403
- April 17 - PZL-106 Kruk
May
- May 11 - Dassault Falcon 30 F-WAMD
- May 30 - WSK-Mielec M-15 Belphegor
June
- June - IAI Kfir
July
- July 26 - Sikorsky XH-59A 71-1472
August
- August 5 - Trident Trigull CF-TRI-X
September
- September 25 - MBB Bö 106 D-HDCI
October
- October 8 - RFB Fanliner D-EBFL
- October 26 - Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet
November
- November 23 - AIDC T-CH-1
December
[edit] Entered service
April
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