1977 in aviation - Definition and Overview

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1977:

Events

March

• March 27 - 579 people are killed when two Boeing 747s collide on the runway at Santa Cruz airport, Tenerife.

June

• June 30 - US president Jimmy Carter cancels the B-1 Lancer program

July

• July 23 - After threats of shutting down transatlantic air traffic, the U.S. and British governments reach the Bermuda II accord, giving British airlines additional ports of entry in the United States and removing American airlines' rights to carry passengers beyond London and Hong Kong.

August

• August 23 - Gossamer Condor became the first human-powered aeroplane, flying a figure-8 course to demonstrate sustained, controlled flight.

September

• September 26 - Laker Airways inaugurates its no-booking "Skytrain" service between London and New York

October

• October 26-31 - a Pan Am Boeing 747SP circumnavigates the world over the two poles

First flights

January

• January 6 - HAL HPT-32

May

• May 3 - Bell Model 301
• May 17 - Sukhoi T-10 (prototype of Sukhoi Su-27
• May 26 - NDNA Firecracker

June

• June 27 - CASA C.101 Aviojet

August

• August 13 - Space Shuttle Enterprise (glide test)
• August 15 - EMRAER EMB-111

October

• October 27- RFB Fantrainer

November

• November 22 - Antonov An-72

Entered service

September

• September 26 - Mitsubishi F-1 with JASDF

November

• November 1 - Tupolev Tu-144