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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1984:

1 Events

February

• February 21 - 14 hours and 2 minutes after taking off from New York, Air FranceBoeing 747 Air France (AFR, Compagnie Nationale Air France is the national airline of France. The company transported 43. 3 million passengers and earned 12. 53 billion Euro in revenues between April 2001 and March 2002. It has routes to 296 cities in 85 pilot Patrick Fourticq and his companion, race driver Henry Pescarolo , land their Piper MalibuThe Piper PA-46 Malibu known plainly as the Piper Malibu is a light aircraft that is manufactured by The New Piper Aircraft Company of the United States. The airplane is powered by a single engine and has the capacity for one pilot and five passengers. in ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to, setting a world record for a trans- AtlanticFor other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation The Atlantic Ocean is Earth's second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. The ocean's name, derived from Greek mythology, means the " Sea of Atlas". This ocean occupies an elongated, flight by a single engined light aircraft.
• February 29February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. A year which has a February 29 is, by definition, a leap year''. This date only occurs approximately every four years, in years evenly divisible by 4, such as 1 - American AirlinesAmerican Airlines AA is the major airline in the United States. It is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, as well as flights to Latin America, Western Europe, and Japan. Since 1982, AA has been sets an industry record by ordering 67 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airlinerAn airliner is a type of aircraft initially designed for the transportation of paying passengers. There may be variants developed for air freight, military or luxury corporate use. Occasionally the military version precedes the civilian airliner. Exampless, with options to order 100 more in the future.

April

• April 29 - TWA starts services to ten new cities in one day, the largest single day expansion in the carrier's history.

June

• 16 - Frontier Airlines pilot Emily Warner and co-pilot Barbara Cook make history by directing the first all-female commercial airline crew, on a flight from Denver to Lexington, Kentucky.
• June 22, London: Richard Branson's airline, Virgin Atlantic, begins services to North America, using Boeing 747s.

July

• July 3 - Air Florida suspends all their flights after going bankrupt.
• July 23 - an Air Canada Boeing 767 runs out of fuel on its way from Montreal to Edmonton. Ground crew at the Montreal airport miscalculated the flight's length and did not put enough fuel in it. Pilot Robert Pearson , an amateur glider pilot, lands the plane safely at Gimli, making the incident famous as the " Gimli Glider"

September

• September 14- 18 - Joe Kittinger makes the first solo transatlantic balloon flight, from Carbon, Maine to Savona, Italy.

October

• October 2 - the US Navy awards McDonnell Douglas a $US 438 million contract to develop the T-45 Goshawk
• October 4 - 61 year old Elaine Yadwin lands a Piper Cherokee Warrior II safely in Florida after her husband, the plane's pilot, dies during the flight.

November

• November 1 - British Airways and some other international airlines begin relief flights carrying food and supplies to Ethiopia.

December

• December 17 - C-5 Galaxy of the USAF becomes airborne with 920,836 pounds (418,561 kg) aboard, setting a national record.