1984 in aviation

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

Events

February

* February 21 - 14 hours and 2 minutes after taking off from New York, Air France pilot Patrick Fourticq and his companion, race driver Henry Pescarolo, land their Piper Malibu in Paris, setting a world record for a trans-Atlantic flight by a single engined light aircraft.
* February 29 - American Airlines sets an industry record by ordering 67 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airliners, 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.

eptember

* 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.
* October 24 - first flight of PZL-130 Orlik - Polish turboprop trainer

November

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

December

* December 1 - Intentional crash of Boeing 720 in the NASA Controlled Impact Demonstration program at Edwards AFB.
* December 17 - C-5 Galaxy of the USAF becomes airborne with 920,836 pounds (417,684 kg) aboard, setting a U.S. national record.

First flights

February

* February 6 - AIDC AT-3
* February 14 - Cessna Citation S/II
* February 15 - Cessna T-47

April

* April 24 - Dornier SeaStar "D-ICDS"

May

* May 7 - Pilatus PC-9
* May 15 - AMX International AMX

June

* June 22 - Rutan Voyager
* June 28 - Fuji KM-2D

July

* July 4 - Bell Twin Ranger

August

* August 16 - ATR 42
* August 16 - Harbin Y-12

eptember

* September 17 - Avtek 400 "N400AV"
* September 21 - Dassault Falcon 900

October

* October 6 - FMA IA 63 Pampa
* October 12 - PZL-130 Orlik

December

* December 14 - Grumman X-29

Entered service

May

* May 12 - Airbus A310 with Air France.

June

* June 15 - Saab 340 with Crossair.

July

* July 2 - Mirage 2000 with Escadron de Chasse 1/2