1973 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1973:
Events
Icelandair established.
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 Fairchild YA-10 selected over the Northrop YA-9.
- January 27 – end of the Vietnam War
February
- February 24 – US 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
September
- September 11 – An AVE Mizar flying car prototype broke-up in flight over 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
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
Entered service
April
- April 16 – EMBRAER EMB-110 Bandeirante
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