Two Boeing 747 planes collided in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Concorde takes off on its first scheduled flights.
All 345 people on board a Turkish Airlines jet die as it plunges to the ground near Paris, France.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
Concorde made its first nonstop trip across the Atlantic from Washington, DC, to Paris, France, in a record-breaking time of 3 hours and 32 minutes.
The world's first supersonic airliner crashes.
Plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued.
118 die in the Staines Air Disaster.
Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the world's highest fall without a parachute after falling 33,330 feet.
D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 and extorted a ransom of $200,000 before parachuting out of the plane with the money and was never seen again.
The Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
The Boeing 747 takes off on its first scheduled flight.
The Concorde airplane was tested for the first time in Toulouse, France.
The Boeing 747 flies for the first time.
The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight.
Sheila Scott became the first woman to fly solo around the world.
Country music stars Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins all perished in an airplane crash.
The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 craft to an altitude of 34 miles (54.6 km).
Boeing CH-47 Chinook takes flight for the first time.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly died during a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
Queen Elizabeth II opened London Gatwick Airport.
US Air Force Major Howard Johnson set the world aircraft altitude record in a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. He broke the world altitude record by flying to 91,243 feet.
US Marine Major John Glenn's 'Project Bullet' broke the transcontinental speed record.
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president to fly in a helicopter.
Scandinavian Airlines System created the first route from Europe to the Far East, flying directly over the North Pole.
Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
A bomb hidden in checked luggage of United Airlines Flight 629 exploded over Longmont, Colorado killing all 44 people on board.
The jet age begins with the first scheduled flight of the De Havilland Comet 1.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is founded.
The first British-made jet bomber, the English Electric Canberra, made its first test flight.
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet Strategic bomber plane made its first flight.
US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first-ever person to break the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 at 662 miles per hour.
Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's flagship airline, was founded.
The first commercial helicopter, Sikorsky S51, had its first test flight.
US bomber plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, and Lou Oliver survived a 75-story drop in an elevator.
Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.
The Junkers Ju 287, the first jet with forward-swept wings, made its first flight.
Alaska Airlines started operating.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress flies for the first time.
Pan American Airlines completed its first round the world commercial trip.
Washington National Airport became the US first federal airport.
Pioneering English pilot Amy Johnson went missing after bailing out of her plane over the Thames River.
Igor Sikorsky pilots his VS-300 helicopter's maiden flight.
The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first successful helicopter to fly.
