Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/June in aviation/June 3
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- 1973 - The first production Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner (pictured) broke-up during a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, killing 14.
- 1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris, killing 130.
- 1963 - A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing 101.