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January 1 - Middle East Airlines Flight
438, a Boeing 720, aircraft over Saudi Arabia when
bomb exploded in the forward baggage compartment, aircraft
destroyed killing 81.
March
March 17 - A Japan Air LinesBoeing 747 makes the first non-stop flight
from Tokyo to New York, taking 11.5 hours
for the 10,139 km (6,300 mile) journey.
August 1 - October 1 - After his 1973RTW attempt was aborted by bad weather
between Hokkaidō and
the Aleutian
Islands, Don Taylor of California successfully
circumnavigates the world (Oshkosh eastbound to Oshkosh) in his
Thorp T-18, the first
aviator to do so with a homebuilt aircraft.
September 14 - A F-14 Tomcat rolls off the deck of USS John F.
Kennedy and sinks in international waters. A major salvage
operation is launched to retrieve the fighter lest it fall into
Soviet hands.
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