1954 in aviation
- 1954 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1951
yp2=1952
yp3=1953
year=1954
ya1=1955
ya2=1956
ya3=1957
dp3=1920s
dp2=1930s
dp1=1940s
d=1950s
dn1=1960s
dn2=1970s
dn3=1980sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1954 :Events
January
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January 10 -BOAC Flight 781 , ade Havilland Comet , crashes into theMediterranean Sea nearElba with the loss of all 35 people aboard.April
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April 1 - Last operational flight by an RAF Spitfire, a photo-reconnaissance sortie against bandits in MalayaJune
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June 2 -Yugoslavia nMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 s attack a BelgianDouglas DC-3 , which lands inAustria
*June 21 - threeUSAF B-47 Stratojet s cross thePacific Ocean in under 15 hoursJuly
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July 22 - anAir Cathay Douglas DC-4 is shot down nearHainan Island
*July 26 -Soviet Air Force Lavochkin La-7 s attack twoUS Navy A-1 Skyraider s searching for survivors from the Air Cathay flight. The Skyraiders respond and shoot down the La-7sNovember
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November 2 - theVTOL Convair XFY transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back
*November 7 - Soviet Air Force MiG-15s shoot down a USAFB-29 Superfortress offHokkaidō , claiming it was spying.
*November 17 - a B-47 is forced by bad weather to remain aloft for 47 hours 35 minutes, needing nine aerial refuellings.First flights
March
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March 4 -Lockheed XF-104 Prototype of the F-104 StarfighterJune
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June 14 -PAC Fletcher July
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July 15 -Boeing 367-80 , prototype of theBoeing 707 andBoeing C-135 familiesAugust
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August 3 -Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (free flight)
*August 4 - English Electric P.1, prototype of theEnglish Electric Lightning
*August 23 - Lockheed YC-130 Hercules, fromPalmdale, CA toEdwards Air Force Base eptember
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September 29 - Maiden flight of a McDonnell F-101A Voodoo by test pilot Robert C. Little [ [http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/Index.aspx?page=197#little City of Lancaster, CA honors test pilot Robert C. Little] ] [ [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/f101_1.html Joe Baugher's F-101A History] ]October
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October 3 - Douglas XF4D-1
*October 6 -Fairey FD.2 Entered service
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Tupolev Tu-16 in theSoviet Air Force February
*Supermarine Swift withNo. 56 Squadron RAF September
*FJ Fury withVF-173
*September 27 -F-100 Super Sabre with479th Fighter Day Wing References
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