1970 in aviation

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Years in aviation: 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

Centuries: 19th Century Â· 20th century Â· 21st century

Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1970:

1 Events

1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 May 1.5 July 1.6 August 1.7 September 1.8 October 1.9 November 1.10 December

2 First flights 3 Entered service

[edit] Events

[edit] January

January 31 - Mikhail Mil dies, aged 61

[edit] February

February 17-18 - US Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses attack Laos. February 24 - HMS Ark Royal is recommissioned after a Â£UK 30 million refit. February 27 - Hawker Siddeley begins buying back surplus Hawker Hunters from the Royal Air Force to remanufacture for new customers.

[edit] March

March 6 - BEA opens its charter service, BEA Airtours March 17 - an Eastern Air Lines 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] July

July 1 - Melbourne opens its new international airport July 5 - An Air Canada DC-8 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 108 July 17 - Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport commences passenger screening to help prevent hijackings; the first airport to do so.

[edit] 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.

[edit] September

September 3 - Air France places the first orders for the Airbus A300

[edit] October

October 19 - Hindustan Aeronautics completes its first licence-built MiG-21

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.