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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1996:

1 Events

February

• the T-6 Texan II is selected as the new primary trainer for the United States armed forces.

March

• March 15 - The FokkerFokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. History The company was founded on July 21, 1919 by Dutchman Anthony Fokker ( 1890 1939), one of the world's early aviation pioneers. At age 20, he had built his first plane aircraftThis article refers to the tool of travel. There is a separate article about the movie Airplane An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. Categories and clasification Aircraft fall into two broad categories: Heavier than air Heavier than a manufacturer is declared bankrupt.
• March 21March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). There are 285 days remaining. Events 1556 In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake. 1788 A fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans and - TupolevTupolev ( Russian: is a Russian aerospace and defence company. Officially known as PSC Tupolev it is the sucessor of the famed Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau (design office prefix Tu headed by the renowned Soviet aerospace engineer A. The company ce and NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA (established 1958) is the government agency responsible for the United States of America's space program and long-term general aerospace research. A civilian organization, it conducts (or oversees) re begin joint research into civil supersonic transports using a refurbished Tupolev Tu-144The Tupolev Tu-144 ( NATO codename: Charger was a supersonic airliner constructed under management of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau headed by Alexei Tupolev (1925-2001). Tupolev Tu-144LL Western media nicknamed the plane Konkordski because of its super

April

• April 12April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). There are 263 days remaining. Events 467 Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire 1204 The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 1606 The Union Jack i - Seven year old pilot Jessica Dubroff dies during attempt to set record as the youngest person to fly across the United States.

June

• June 9 - the Swedish Air Force opens a new pilot training centre at Såtenäs

July

• July 17 - TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 with 230 people aboard, explodes off the coast of New York.
• July 27 - the final General Dynamics F-111F attack aircraft are withdrawn from USAF service; on its retirement, the aircraft finally receives an official popular name: " Aardvark."

October

• October 8 - three B-2 Spirits destroy 16 targets with 16 smart bombs at the Nellis AFB range.

December

• the merger of McDonnell Douglas and Boeing is announced