1991 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1991:
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
- January 16 - Eastern Air Lines is dissolved after 64 years of operation. Many of its remaining assets are parceled out to American and Continental.
- January 17 - US-led forces attack Iraq in a massive air assault after a United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from occupied Kuwait passes unheeded.
[edit] February
- February 28 - The US calls a ceasefire in Iraq, with airpower having neutralized practically all of the country's ability to make war.
[edit] June
- June 17 - Alaska Airlines commences services to the Soviet Union
[edit] July
- July 8 - a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet is forced to shoot down an E-2 Hawkeye after its crew abandons it following an engine fire
[edit] October
- October 29 - a Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 707-368C Registered A20-103 conducting an asymmetric flight demonstration crashes into the Pacific Ocean 43Km South of East Sale, Victoria, Australia
[edit] December
- December 4 - Pan Am, bankrupt since August 11, is finally dissolved after 63 years of operation.
[edit] First flights
[edit] February
- February 13 - Swearingen SJ-30
[edit] April
[edit] May
[edit] June
- June 18 - BAe RJ70
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] Entered service
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