1958 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1958:
[edit] Events
- Gulfstream Aerospace founded in Savannah, Georgia, USA.
January
- January 14 - Qantas becomes the first foreign airline permitted to fly across the United States.
February
- February 6 - Munich air disaster: British European Airways Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZU Lord Burghley on Flight 609 crashes on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany, killing 23 including 8 Manchester United footballers.
- February 13 - British Ministry of Defence White Paper makes Britain's nuclear weapons programme public knowledge.
- February 27 - Winter Hill air disaster: Silver City Bristol 170 Freighter G-AICS, travelling from the Isle of Man to Manchester, crashes into Winter Hill, Rivington Moor, Lancashire (in North West England), in bad weather conditions, killing 35.
March
May
- May 16 - Cpt W. W. Irwin sets a new airspeed record of 1,404 mph (2,259 km/h) in a F-104 Starfighter, the first record over 2,000 km/h.
- May 17 - Four F3H Demons and four F8U Crusaders make a non-stop crossing of the Atlantic.
- May 23 - Short S.C.1 VTOL aircraft makes its first hovering flight.
June
- June 9 - London Gatwick Airport opens after two years of extensive reconstruction. It is the first multimodal airport in the world, with direct rail connections from the main terminal to London and Brighton.
August
- August 14 - KLM Flight 607-E disaster: KLM Lockheed Super Constellation PH-LKM Hugo de Groot crashes in the Atlantic 180 km west of Shannon, Ireland, perhaps due to mechanical failure, killing all 99 on board.
- August 23 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, dissolving the Civil Aeronautics Administration and Civil Aeronautics Board and transferring all authority over aviation operations in the United States to the newly-created Federal Aviation Agency (FAA, later renamed Federal Aviation Administration).
September
- September 30 - Britain's last flying boat is withdrawn from commercial service when Aquila Airways terminated its service on the Southampton--Funchal (Madeira) route.
October
- October 4 - BOAC de Havilland Comet 4 G-APDB makes first commercial transatlantic crossing by jet airliner, London Heathrow Airport to New York International Airport, Anderson Field via Gander.
- October 26 - First commercial flight by Boeing 707 jet airliner, on Pan Am transatlantic service from New York to Paris.
[edit] First flights
March
- March 5 - Yakovlev Yak-28
- Aerfer Ariete
- March 25 - Avro CF-105 Arrow (RL201) (at Malton, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
April
- April 22 - Boeing Vertol 107-II
- April 30 - Blackburn Buccaneer XK 486
May
June
July
- July 30 - de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou CF-KTK-X
August
September
November
December
- December 4 - Baade B-152 V1 Prototype
[edit] Entered service
January
April
- April 9 - Handley Page Victor with No. 10 Squadron RAF at RAF Cottesmore
- April 21 - Vertol Model 44 with New York Airways
May
August
- Boeing 707 with Pan Am
November
December
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