1993 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1993:

Years in aviation: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
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Years: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Events

  • The 1,000th Boeing 747 comes off the production line 26 years after the first 747 was built.
  • Lauda Air Italy commences flight operations.

January

  • During the month, Transaero becomes the first privately owned airline to provide scheduled passenger service in Russia, inaugurating a Moscow-Norilsk route.
  • January 6
  • January 7 – Iraq agrees to the American, British, French, and Russian demand that it withdraw all of its surface-to-air missiles from south of the 32nd parallel, and begins to withdraw them. However, Iraq does not remove all of them.[1]
  • January 13 – More than 100 American, British, and French aircraft attack Iraqi surface-to-air missile sites near Nasiriyah, Samawah, Najaf and Al-Amarah which Iraq has failed to withdraw north of the 32nd parallel. Around half the Iraqi sites south of the parallel are hit.[2]
  • January 15 – Iraqi air defense sites open fire on two United States Air Force F-111 bombers operating over northern Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort II.
  • January 17
    • Iraqi Air Force Su-22s (NATO reporting name "Fitter") fired on two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons.
    • A U.S. Air Force F-4G Phantom II destroys an Iraqi radar which had been targeting French reconnaissance aircraft over northern Iraq.
    • A U.S. Air Force F-16 participating in Operation Provide Comfort II shoots down an Iraqi Air Force MiG-23 (NATO reporting name "Flogger") which had crossed into the no-fly zone over northern Iraq.[3][4]
  • January 18 – In northern Iraq, U.S. Air Force F-16s bomb Bashiqah Airfield and U.S. Air Force F-4G Phantom IIs attack Iraqi air defense sites. Over the next few days and months, more Iraqi sites fired on the American patrols, and several were attacked.[5]

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

First flights

January

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April

July

December

Entered service

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March

July

October

References

  1. John Pike. "Operation Southern Watch". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  2. John Pike. "Air Strike 13 January 1993 – Operation Southern Watch". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  3. "F-16 Airframe Details for 86-0262". F-16.net. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  4. "Operation Provide Comfort II". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
  5. Beale, Michael (1997). Bombs over Bosnia: The Role of Airpower in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Air University Press. p. 19.
  6. planecrashinfo.com Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1990s
  7. "NTSB Aviation Accident Final Report DCA93GA042". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  8. "Crash Kills George S. Mickelson; South Dakota's Governor Was 52". The New York Times. New York City. April 20, 1993. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  9. Horne, Thomas A. (October 1, 1994). "Turbine Pilot Used Turbine Review: Mitsubishi MU-2S". AOPA Pilot. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  10. "Propellers' inspection ordered - FAA grounds planes after fatal accident". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas. April 30, 1993. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  11. "Propeller Inspections Ordered After Crash". The New York Times. New York City. April 30, 1993. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  12. "Survival at High Altitudes: Wheel-Well Passengers" (PDF). FAA. October 1996. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  13. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  14. airliners.net Scaled Composites 158 Pond Racer - Untitled
  15. "Pond Racer Destroyed in Crash". Flying Magazine. December 1993. p. 31.
  16. Fitzgerald. "AIRPLANE PAGE - Reno races". Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  17. K.O. Eckland (February 13, 2008). "Aerofiles information - Rutan". Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  18. "JPATS Fan Ranger makes first flight". Flight International. Vol. 143 no. 4355. February 3–9, 1993. p. 14.
  19. "MD-90 first flight is ahead of schedule". Flight International. Vol. 143 no. 4359. March 3–9, 1993. p. 5.
  20. Lambert 1993, p. [20].
  21. "Airscene: Civil Affairs: UK". Air International. Vol. 44 no. 4. April 1993. p. 165. ISSN 0306-5634.
  22. Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN 0-7607-0592-5, p. 36.
  • Lambert, Mark, ed. (1993). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Data Division. ISBN 0-7106-1066-1.
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