1974 IN AVIATION

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1974:

Contents

Events

March

July

September

November

First flights

Entered service

Events

March

★ March 3 - Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a DC-10, crashes into forest near Ermenonville, France, killing 346 people. At the time, it was the worst aviation disaster in history.

July

★ July 22 - the US Navy and Marine Corps evacuate 500 people from Cyprus, away from the conflict erupting between Greece and Turkey on the island

September

★ September 1 - a SR-71 Blackbird crosses the Atlantic Ocean in less than two hours.

November

★ November 20 - Lufthansa flight 540 crashes and burns moments after takeoff, killing 59 people. It was the first major accident involving the Boeing 747.

First flights

'January'

★ January 9 - WSK-Mielec M-15 ''SP-1974''

★ January 20 - General Dynamics YF-16 ''72-01567''
'February'

★ February 21 - HTM Skyrider ''D-HHTF''
'June'

★ June 9 - Northrop YF-17 ''72-01569''

★ June 24 - Aerospatiale AS 350 Ecureuil ''F-WVKH''
'August'

★ August 14 - Panavia MRCA (later Tornado) ''D-9591''

★ August 21 - Hawker-Siddeley Hawk ''XX154''

★ August 22 - Shorts 360 ''G-BSBH''
'September'

★ September 11 - Bell 206L LongRanger ''N206L''

★ September 25 - Northrop F-5F Tiger II ''73-0889''
'October'

★ October 17 - Sikorsky YUH-60 ''73-21650''

★ October 28 - Dassault Super Étendard

★ October 31 - IAR-93 RO-001 / J-22 Orao 25001
'November'

★ November 8 - IA 58 Pucará

★ November 29 - Boeing Vertol YUH-61 ''73-21656''
'December'

★ December 23 - B-1 Lancer ''74-0158''

Entered service

★ Sukhoi Su-24 'Fencer' with VVS
'February'

★ February 20 - S-3 Viking with VS-41, NAS North Island
'May'

★ May 23 - Airbus A300 with Air France
'September'

★ September 17 - F-14 Tomcat with VF-1 and VF-2 aboard USS ''Enterprise''
'November'

★ November 14 - F-15 Eagle with the 555th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron at Luke AFB