1994 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1994:

Contents 1 Events 1.1 April 1.2 June 1.3 July 1.4 August 1.5 September 1.6 October 2 First flights 2.1 February 2.2 March 2.3 June 2.4 September 2.5 October 2.6 December 3 Entered service

[edit] Events

[edit] 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

[edit] June

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

[edit] July

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] October

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

[edit] First flights

[edit] February

• February 15 - Eurocopter EC 135

[edit] March

• March 27 - Eurofighter Typhoon

[edit] June

• June 12 - Boeing 777

[edit] September

• September 13 - Airbus Beluga

[edit] October

• October 25 - Bell 430

[edit] December

• December 16 - Antonov An-70

[edit] Entered service

• December - Tupolev Tu-204