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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1973:

Events

• Icelandair established.
• Don Taylor attempts round-the-world trip in his homebuilt Thorp T-18, ended by a spate of really bad weather between northern Japan and the Aleutian Islands. His next attempt in the summer of 1976 is successful.

January

• January 12 - A US Navy F-4 Phantom scores the 197th and final US air-to-air victory of the Vietnam War
• January 15 - final B-52 Stratofortress mission of the Vietnam War
• January 18 - Results of the USAF A-X fly-off announced, with the Fairchild YA-10 selected over the Northrop YA-9.
• January 27 - end of the Vietnam War

February

• February 24 - United States Marine Corps helicopters begin clearing mines from North Vietnamese harbors

June

• June 3 - The first production Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner broke-up during a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, killing 14.
• June 7 - Bahamasair commenced operations.

August

• August 15 - the final USAF mission over Cambodia is flown

September

• September 11 - An AVE Mizar flying car prototype broke-up in flight over Oxnard, California killing the company founder and the pilot.

October

• October 6 - Egypt and Syria launch air strikes on Israel, starting the Yom Kippur War. The conflict lasts 18 days

First flights

• AVE Mizar (mid-1973)

January

• January 4 - Gates Learjet 26 N26GL
• October 7 - Cameron D96 Hot-Air Airship G-BAMK

April

• April 10 - Boeing T-43 71-1403
• April 17 - PZL-106 Kruk

May

• May 11 - Dassault Falcon 30 F-WAMD
• May 30 - WSK-Mielec M-15 Belphegor

June

• June - IAI Kfir

July

• July 26 - Sikorsky XH-59A 71-1472

August

• August 5 - Trident Trigull CF-TRI-X
• August 21 - Aerosport Scamp
• August 22 - Learjet 35

September

• September 25 - MBB Bö 106 D-HDCI

October

• October 8 - RFB Fanliner D-EBFL
• October 26 - Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet

November

• November 23 - AIDC T-CH-1

December

• December 23 - Aero Boero 260AG

Entered service

April

• April 16 - Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante with Transbrasil