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July 23 - After threats of shutting down transatlantic air
traffic, the U.S. and British governments reach the Bermuda II accord, giving
British airlines additional ports of entry in the United States and
removing American airlines' rights to carry passengers beyond
London and Hong Kong.
August
August 23 - Gossamer Condor became the first
human-powered aeroplane, flying a figure-8 course to demonstrate
sustained, controlled flight.
August 31 - A Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 sets
the current world altitude record for airbreathing aircraft of
123,524 ft. (37,650 m).
September
September 26 - Laker Airways inaugurates its no-booking
"Skytrain" service between London and New York
September 28 – Japan AirlinesFlight 472, a Douglas DC-8, is
hijacked after taking off from Mumbai, India
by Japanese
Red Army (JRA) terrorists. The terrorists forced the plane to
land in Dhaka, Bangladesh were they
demanded a US$6 million and the release of
nine imprisoned JRA members being held in Japan. The Japanese government complied and all
of the hostages were eventually released.
October 17 - The US ban of the Concorde was lifted when the Supreme Court of the
United States declined to overturn a lower court's ruling
rejecting the Port Authority's efforts to continue the ban.
October 26-31 - a
Pan AmBoeing 747SP
circumnavigates the world over the two poles
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