1970 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1970:
Events
January January 31 - Mikhail Mil dies, aged 61 February February 17-18 - US Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses attack Laos. February 24 - HMS Ark Royal is recommissioned after a ŁUK 30 million refit. February 27 - Hawker begins buying back surplus Hawker Hunters from the Royal Air Force to remanufacture for new customers. March March 6 - BEA opens its charter service, BEA Airtours March 17 - an Eastern Airlines Douglas DC-9 is hijacked. The hijacker is overpowered and the aircraft lands safely in Boston, although the co-pilot is killed in the struggle. May May 18 - National Airlines ends a 108-day strike by offering ground crews a 33% pay increase. May 26 - the Tupolev Tu-144 exceeds Mach 2 in level flight, the first commercial aircraft to do so. July July 1 - Melbourne opens its new international airport July 17 - Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport commences passenger screening to help prevent hijackings; the first airport to do so. August August 22 - Two Sikorsky HH-53C helicopters complete a non-stop transpacific flight of 9,000 miles (14,484 km) using in-flight refuelling. September September 3 - Air France places the first orders for the Airbus A300 October October 19 - Hindustan Aeronautics completes its first licence-built MiG-21 November November 11 - the British government agrees to fund development of the Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan, rescuing the project from Rolls-Royce's bankruptcy November 20 - the US Air Force and Army assault the Son Tay prison camp. No POWs are found. November 21 - US aircraft begin the first major bombing campaign of North Vietnam since 1968. 300 aircraft attack the Mu Gia and Ban Gari passes. December December 15 - Artem Mikoyan dies, aged 65 December 20 - with pre-tax losses of $US 130 million, the year ends as the worst ever for US airlines. December 31 - Jeanne Holm becomes the USAF's first female General.
First flights January January 17 Sukhoi T-6-2IG (prototype of Sukhoi Su-24 'Fencer') February February 19 - Canadair CL-84 CX8401 March Martin-Marietta X-24 May May 28 - Boeing Vertol Model 347 July July 18 - Alenia G.222 August August 20 - Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk August 29 - McDonnell Douglas DC-10 November November 12 - Nihon XC-1 November 16 - Lockheed TriStar December December 21 - Grumman YF-14A
Entered service Nanchang Q-5 with Chinese People's Liberation Army January January 22 - Boeing 747 with Pan Am
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