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1973 in aviation

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{| cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 align=right style="border:solid 2px #87CEEB;margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em;" !style="background:#d6e6f6;border-bottom:solid 2px #87CEEB;"|Timeline of aviation Timeline
of aviation |- |align=center|1968 in aviation 1968 |- |align=center|1969 in aviation 1969 |- |align=center|1970 in aviation 1970 |- |align=center|1971 in aviation 1971 |- |align=center|1972 in aviation 1972 |- |align=center style="background:#87CEEB"|'''1973''' |- |align=center|1974 in aviation 1974 |- |align=center|1975 in aviation 1975 |- |align=center|1976 in aviation 1976 |- |align=center|1977 in aviation 1977 |- |align=center|1978 in aviation 1978 |} This is a list of aviation-related events from 1973:

Events
*Icelandair established. *Donald Taylor (aviator) Don Taylor attempts round-the-world trip in his homebuilt aircraft homebuilt Thorp T-18, ended by a spate of really bad weather btween northern Japan and the Aleutian Islands. His next attempt in the 1976 in aviation#August summer of 1976 is successful. '''January''' * January 12 - A US Navy F-4 Phantom scores the 197th and final US air-to-air victory of the Vietnam War * January 15 - final B-52 Stratofortress mission of the Vietnam War * January 18 - Results of the USAF A-X fly-off announced, with the A-10 Thunderbolt II Fairchild YA-10 selected over the Northrop YA-9. * January 27 - '''end of the Vietnam War''' '''February''' * February 24 - United States Marine Corps helicopters begin clearing mines from North Vietnamese harbors '''June''' * June 3 - The first production Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner broke-up during a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, killing 14. '''August''' * August 15 - the final USAF mission over Cambodia is flown '''September''' * September 11 - An AVE Mizar flying car prototype broke-up in flight over Oxnard, California Oxnard, California killing the company founder and the pilot. '''October''' * October 6 - Egypt and Syria launch air strikes on Israel, starting the Yom Kippur War. The conflict lasts 18 days

First flights
* AVE Mizar (mid-1973) '''April''' * April 10 - Boeing T-43 * April 17 - PZL-101 '''May''' * May 30 - WSK-Mielec M-15 Belphegor '''July''' * July 26 - Sikorsky S-69 ''71-1472'' '''August''' * August 5 - Trident Trigull ''C-F-TRI-X'' '''September''' * September 25 - MBB Bö 106 '''October''' * October 8 - RFB Fanliner * October 26 - Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet '''November''' * November 23 - AIDC T-CH-1 '''December''' * December 23 - Aero Boero 260AG

Entered service
'''April''' * April 16 - Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante EMBRAER EMB-110 Bandeirante {{airlistbox}} Category:Timeline of aviation Category:1973 fr:1973 en aéronautique

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