Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/May in aviation/May 16
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- 1995 - a Royal Air Force BAe Nimrod is forced to ditch in Moray Firth
- 1992 - the 2,000th C-130 Hercules rolls off the production line.
- 1979 - a New York Airways Sikorsky S-61 tips over while taking on passengers at the Pan Am Building in New York City, killing four. The heliport is permanently closed afterward.
- 1958 - Cpt W. W. Irwin sets a new airspeed record of 1,404 mph (2,259 km/h) in a F-104 Starfighter, the first record over 2,000 km/h
