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1980 in aviation - Definition and Overview |
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1980:
Events
January
- January 8 - a Mooney 231 lands in San Francisco, after flying coast to coast non-stop, setting a record by completing the flight in 8 hours and 4 minutes.
- January 16 - British Island Airways and Air Anglia merge to form Air UK.
February
March
April
June
July
August
- August 7 - Janice Brown pilots the MacCready Gossamer Penguin on its first solar powered flight.
- August 19 - tragedy strikes, as a Lockheed L-1011 of Saudia makes a safe emergency landing in Riyadh, but panicked passengers suffocate and burn in a subsequent stampede. All inside the plane died.
September
October
November
December
First flights
May
June
July
August
November
Entered service
November
December
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