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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1979:

1 Events

January

• January 12 - Pilatus Aircraft acquires Britten-NormanBritten-Norman (officially the Britten-Norman Group or BNG is a British aircraft manufacturer owned by members of the Zawawi family from the Sultanate of Oman, making it the country's sole remaining independent commercial aircraft producer. The company ma

February

• February 26February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years. Events 747 BC Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 1266 Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combi - Production of the A-4 SkyhawkDouglas A-4F Skyhawk image depicts later A-4M version Description RoleAttack aircraft Crewone, pilot Dimensions Length12. 22m40' 3" Wingspan8. 38m27' 6" Height4. 57m14' 11" Wing area24. 15m²259ft² Weights Empty4,750kg10,448 lb Loaded Maximum take-off11,13 ends after 26 years, with the delivery of the 2,690th and final aircraft to the United States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps USMC is the second-smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. The United States Coast Guard is the smallest. The Marine Corps is nonetheless la.

March

• March 10March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). There are 296 days remaining. Events 241 BC First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands The Romans sinks the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War. 1496 Christoph - The US Air Force sends E-3 SentryThe E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system ( AWACS) aircraft that provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications needed by commanders of U. NATO and other allied air defense forces. As proven in Operation Allied Force aircraft to monitor the civil war in YemenThe Republic of Yemen is a country in the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. History Main article: History of Yemen The ancient Greek
• March 25 - QANTAS retires its last Boeing 707 and becomes the world's first airline with a fleet of exclusively Boeing 747s

May

• May 25 - an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago during take-off, killing all 269. DC-10s are grounded across the US.

June

• June 12 - Bryan Allen flies the Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel using pedal power.
• June 27 - Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagles shoot down four Syrian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s

July

• July 23 - the British government announces plans to privatise British Airways and publicly sell British Aerospace shares.

August

• August 14 - Steve Hinton sets a new piston-engined airspeed record in a specially-modified P-51 Mustang named the Red Baron . He reaches 499 mph (803 km/h) over Nevada.

October

• October 30 - Sir Barnes Wallace dies, aged 82.

November

• November 29 - an Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes on the Mt Erebus volcano, killing all aboard.

December

• December 25 - Antonov An-12s and An-22s airlift the first Soviet troops into Afghanistan. 5,000 arrive in the first 24 hours.