- 1955 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1952
yp2=1953
yp3=1954
year=1955
ya1=1956
ya2=1957
ya3=1958
dp3=1920s
dp2=1930s
dp1=1940s
d=1950s
dn1=1960s
dn2=1970s
dn3=1980sThis is a list ofaviation -related events from1955 :Events
February
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February 26 - George F. Smith becomes the first person to survive a supersonic ejection, from a North AmericanF-100 Super Sabre travelling (Mach 1.05).March
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March 10 -Pakistan International Airlines is formedApril
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April 1 - post-World War II bans on powered flight inWest Germany are lifted
*April 11 - AnAir India flight, the "Kashmir Princess ", is sabotaged byKuomintang agents in a failed attempt to assassinateZhou Enlai . 16 people are killed.June
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June 28 -Jean Moire lands aBell 47 helicopter on top ofMont Blanc , at an altitude of 4,807 m (15,772 ft)July
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July 26 -Capital Airlines adopts theVickers Viscount , the first US airline to select a British airliner.
*July 27 - anEl Al Lockheed Constellation is shot down byBulgaria nMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 s. All 58 aboard are killedAugust
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August 29 - anEnglish Electric Canberra sets a new altitude record of 65,876 ft (20,079 m)eptember
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September 3 - J. S. Fairfield makes the first ejection from an aircraft on the ground, escaping from aGloster Meteor traveling at 120 mph (193 km/h) along a runway
*September 9 -American Airlines ,TWA , andUnited Airlines agree to adopt a domestic "coach class" for transcontinental flights across the United States.October
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October 6 -United Airlines Flight 409 , aDouglas DC-4 , crashes in theMedicine Bow Mountains nearCentennial, Wyoming .
*October 10 - helicopters from USS "Saipan" play a key role in rescuing people stranded by flooding inTampico ,Mexico
*October 16 - the Boeing 367-80 (a 707 prototype) crosses the United States in just 3 hours 58 minutes.November
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November 1 -United Airlines Flight 629 , aDouglas DC-6 , is destroyed by a bomb planted by a man attempting to cash in his mother'slife insurance policies. 58 people are killed
*November 22 - SovietTupolev Tu-16 dropped the first Sovietthermonuclear bomb RDS-37December
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December 4 -Glenn L. Martin , founder of theGlenn L. Martin Company , dies at age 69.
*December 15 - thede Havilland Mosquito flies its final operational sortie with theRoyal Air Force First flights
February
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February 14 - Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2, prototype of theMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 March
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March 2 -Dassault Super Mystère
*March 12 -Aérospatiale Alouette II April
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April 25 -FFA P-16 "J-3001"May
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May 27 -Sud Caravelle June
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June 17 -Tupolev Tu-104
*June 25 - Dassault Mirage I
* June 25 -Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer July
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July 23 -PZL TS-8 Bies August
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August 4 - Lockheed Article 001, prototype of theLockheed U-2 eptember
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September 7 - Sukhoi S-1, prototype of Su-7.
*September 20 -Nord 1500 Griffon October
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October 22 - Republic XF-105
*October 25 - Saab DrakenNovember
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November 24 -Fokker F27 December
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December 15 -Douglas DC-7 Entered service
January
*January 9 -Vickers Valiant withNo. 138 Squadron RAF June
*June 29 -B-52 Stratofortress with the93rd Bomb Wing
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