Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/January in aviation/January 18

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January 18

• 2005 - Airbus reveals the 555 seat A380, the largest civil airliner, in Toulouse France.

• 1992 - the United States armed forces retire the last F-4 Phantom II from front-line service

• 1981 - Bell Helicopter delivers its 25,000th production helicopter.

• 1973 - Results of the USAF A-X fly-off announced, with the Fairchild YA-10 selected over the Northrop YA-9.

• 1957 - Three Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses make the world's first round the world, non-stop flight by turbojet-powered aircraft. The flight is completed in 45 hours 19 minutes, with an average speed of 534 mph (859 km/h)

• 1911 - Eugene Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.