1982 in aviation
Partial list of events that marked in aviation in 1982:
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See also List of years in aviation)
- January
- 8, Europe: The Airbus A300 is certified, becoming the first wide body airliner with cockpit accommodations for only two to be certified.
- 10, Teterboro, New Jersey: A Gulfstream III, Spirit of America, flies around the world in just 43 hours 39 minutes and 6 seconds, becoming the fastest business jet to fly around the world.
- 22, Germany: The NATO receives its first Boeing E-3A Sentry AWACS airplane.
- 27, Wichita, Kansas: Cessna delivers its 1,000th business jet.
- February
- 3, U.S.S.R: The Mil Mi-26 helicopter lifts a load weighing 125153 pounds and 8 ounces up to 6,565 feet, to break a world record for a helicopter.
- 6, London; Freddie Laker's Laker Airways flies for the last time.
- 9, Tokyo: A Japan Airlines DC-8 crashes, killing 24 of the 174 passengers on board. The probable cause of the accident was cited as a possible breakdown by captain Seiji Katagiri, who had mental problems. Every airline pilot must now undergo mental testing as well as physical testing.
- 13, Washington D.C; An Air Florida Boeing 737 crashes soon after take-off from Washington's National Airport, into the Potomac river, killing 78 passengers plus people on a bridge. Many of the passengers actually died frozen by the river\'s iced waters. The plane's anti-freeze solution was not the adequate for the weather that day, and the plane's engines had ice on them before taking off.
- 19, Renton, Washington: The Boeing 757 makes its first flight.
- 25, Dallas, Texas: American Airlines announces it will cancel its orders for 15 Boeing 757s.
- March
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- June
- July
- August
- September
- 30, Dallas, Texas: H Ross Perot Jr and J.W. Coburn make history by landing their Bell 2061 LongRanger II helicopter 29 days, 3 hours, and 8 minutes after taking off. Its the first time a trip around the world is completed by helicopter.
- October
- November
- 4, Los Angeles: Pan Am inaugurates service from Los Angeles to Sydney; with 7,487 non-stop miles, its the longest non-stop flight in the world.
- December