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January 9 - the UK Defence Secretary, Michael
Heseltine, resigns amidst a political furore over the future of
Westland Helicopters. Two weeks
later, Leon
Brittan, the Trade and Industry Secretary, will also
resign.
April 2 - a bomb planted by a Palestinian terrorist group explodes
aboard a TWABoeing 727 on a flight
between Rome and Athens. Four passengers are killed and nine more
injured, but the aircraft lands safely.
Individual winners: 1. Krzysztof Lenartowicz & Janusz
Darocha (Poland), 2. Carlos Eugui Aguado / Jose Anizonda (Spain),
3./4. Wacław Nycz & Marian Wieczorek (Poland) / Witold Świadek
& Andrzej Korzeniowski (Poland). Team winners: 1. Poland, 2.
West Germany, 3. Spain.
June 17 - Last flight ever by a BoeingB-47 Stratojet when B-47E-25-DT,
52-0166, was restored to flight status for a one-time-only
ferry move from Naval Weapons Center China Lake, California to Castle
Air Force Base, California for museum display.[1]
August
August 11 - a modified Westland Lynx sets a new helicopter world
speed record of 249 mph (401 km/h)
August 26 - the CFM56 turbofan is flight tested for the
first time.
October
October 21 - British Airways is offered for public
sale by the British government
November
November 3 While attempting to land at Zahedan airport, an
Iranian Hercules C-130 army transport plane crashes into a
mountain; all 103 passengers are killed.
December 2 - an Air
FranceConcorde
returns to Paris after an 18-day
around the world trip with 94 passengers.
December 14-23:
First non-stop flight around the planet without refueling - the Voyager, piloted by
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, on a
distance of 26,366 statute miles (the FAI accredited distance is
40,212 km)
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