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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1976:

1 Events

March

• March 17 - a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747The Boeing 747 also popularly known as the jumbo jet is the second largest passenger airliner after Airbus A380. Until the first commercial flight of the A380 in 2006, however, it remains the largest aircraft in commercial service. The four-engine 747, pr makes the first non-stop flight from TokyoTokyo (; Tokyo lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the world's largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million to New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col, taking 11.5 hours for the 10,139 km (6,300 mile) journey.

April

• April 5April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). There are 270 days remaining. Events 1242 During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 1614 In Virginia - Howard HughesHoward Robard Hughes ( December 24, 1905 April 5, 1976) was at times a pilot, a movie producer, a playboy, an eccentric, a recluse, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. Hughes was born in Houston, Texas. As a teenager, he declared that his goals dies aboard a Learjet, aged 70

May

• May 3May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). There are 242 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1494 Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1791 The May Constitution of Poland (first modern constitution in Europe) is pr - A Pan Am Boeing 747SP makes a record around-the-world flight, taking 1 day 22 hours.
• May 24 - three hijackers and seven hostages die as Filipino troops storm a hijacked Philippines Airlines Douglas DC-9

July

• July 1 - Clive Canning arrives in the United Kingdom, having flown from Australia in a Thorp T-18 homebuilt aircraft
• July 3 - three Israeli Air Force C-130 Hercules carry commandos to Entebbe, Uganda to rescue the 258 passengers of an Air France Airbus hijacked six days earlier

August

• August 15 - Lt Viktor Belenko defects from the Soviet Union to Japan, bringing his Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 with him.

September

• 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.
• September 10 - in the worst mid-air disaster to this point, 176 people die when a British Airways BAC Trident and a Inex Adria Douglas DC-9 collide over Zagreb