Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/August in aviation/August 22
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- 1989 - Alexander Yakovlev dies, aged 84
- 1985 - a Boeing 737 of British Airtours explodes in Manchester before taking off, killing 54 of the 134 people on board and punctuating commercial aviation's worst month in history.
- 1970 - Two Sikorsky HH-53C helicopters complete a non-stop transpacific flight of 9,000 miles (14,484 km) using in-flight refuelling.
