1987 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1987:
[edit] Events
January
- January 1 - US Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphins and US Navy H-3 Sea Kings help rescue people trapped inside the Dupont Plaza hotel Puerto Rico after a fire there on New Year's Eve
- January 7 - French Air Force jets attack the Libyan Air Force base in Ouadi Doum to avenge a raid by Libya against the French military 3 days before.
April
- April 2 - a Royal Air Force Vickers VC-10 sets a new record time between the UK and Australia, landing in Perth after a flight of 16 hours 1 minute.
- April 10 Mr. Johan Åhling -Sweden- introduces the 'Mosquito', a foot launched Powered Hang Glider harness.
May
- May 9 - An Ilyushin Il-62 of LOT Polish Airlines bound for New York, crashes on take-off, killing 183 persons.
- May 29 - Mathias Rust, 19 years old, a West German pilot, shocks people by landing his Cessna 172 plane in Red Square, Moscow.
June
- June 21 - Air France pilot Partick Fourticq and friend Henri Pescarolo once again walk into the record books, completing an around the world flight aboard a Lockheed 18, in 88 hours and 19 minutes.
August
- August 16 - a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 of Northwest Airlines crashes on take-off for a flight from Detroit to Phoenix. 154 are killed.
- August 30 - Israel's government cancels the IAI Lavi programme
September
- September 15 - a Eurocopter Panther sets new time-to-altitude records for helicopters in its class
October
- October 23 - the last F-104 Starfighter is phased out of Luftwaffe service
- October 31 - British Airways accepts the airline's first women pilots.
November
- November 26 - a DC-9 of Continental Airlines crashes in Denver, Colorado on take-off during a snowstorm. 26 lose their lives and 56 are gravely injured.
[edit] First flights
February
March
April
- April 30 - Promavia Jet Squalus
June
- June 10 - Boeing Vertol Model 360
October
November
- November 24 - F-14 Tomcat - model "D"
December
- AEA Maverick
- December 29 - Scaled Composites AT³
[edit] Entered service
April - Tu-160 in Soviet Air Forces (184th Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment in Pryluki)
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