Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/July in aviation/July 3

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July 3

• 1984 - Air Florida suspends all their flights after going bankrupt.

• 1976 - Three Israeli Air Force C-130 Hercules carry commandos to Entebbe, Uganda to rescue the 258 passengers of an Air France Airbus hijacked six days earlier

• 1953 - first tethered flight by the Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig VTOL aircraft

• 1950 - F9F Panthers of VF-51 flying from USS Valley Forge become the first US jet fighters to go into combat. A North Korean Yak-9 is shot down.

• 1950 - Supermarine Seafires of 800 Naval Air Squadron and Fairey Fireflys of 827 Naval Air Squadron from HMS Triumph fly the first non-US sortie over Korea.

• 1937 - July 3-6 - Pan Am and Imperial Airways flying boats conduct joint survey flights over the Atlantic in preparation for the commencement of regular services.

• 1929 - Lt A. W. Gordon hooks a Vought VO-1 onto US Navy airship USS Los Angeles in successful parasite fighter experiments.

• 1920 - the first Royal Air Force Pageant is held, at Hendon