星期六, 四月 18, 2009

1994 in aviation

April
April 14 - USAF F-15 Eagles shoot down two US Army UH-60 Blackhawks over Iraq, mis-identifying them as Iraqi Mil Mi-25s

April 16 - a Royal Navy Sea Harrier is shot down over Serbia by a SA-7 Grail. The pilot was later rescued

June
June 9 - an Antonov An-124 carries a 109-tonne diesel locomotive from Ontario to Dublin

July
July 12 - a Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules flies the 10,000th United Nations relief flight into Sarajevo

August
Flt Lt Jo Salter is posted to No. 617 Squadron RAF (Tornado GR1Bs), the RAF's first female fast jet pilot

August 5 - USAF A-10 Thunderbolt IIs attack and destroy a Serbian anti-tank gun

August 30 - Lockheed and Martin Marietta announce their intention to merge. They will form Lockheed-Martin the following year.

September
September 8 - USAir (now US Airways) flight 427 crashes into a hillside near Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania killing all 132 people aboard.

September 22 - two RAF SEPECAT Jaguars and a USAF A-10 attack and destroy a Serbian T-55 tank

October
October 1 - United Airlines created a new airline named Shuttle by United.

First flights

February
February 15 - Eurocopter EC 135

March
March 27 - Eurofighter Typhoon

June
June 12 - Boeing 777

September
September 13 - Airbus Beluga

October
October 25 - Bell 430

December
December 16 - Antonov An-70


Entered service

December - Tupolev Tu-204