1971 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1971:
Events
January- January 6 - the United States Marine Corps takes delivery of its first AV-8 Harriers
- January 22 - a US Navy P-3 Orion sets a distance record of 7,010 miles (11,282 km) for an aircraft in its class
- June 18 - Southwest Airlines founded
- July 30 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162
- First crossing of the Atlantic by Concorde
- The United States lifts its arms embargo from Israel.
- October 1 - Aurigny Air Services commences operations
- December 3-17 - Indo-Pakistan War. The Indian Air Force loses 72 aircraft and the Pakistan Air Force 94 aircraft.
First flights
February- February 26 - Saab-MFI 15
- AEREON 26
- March 21 - Westland Lynx
- March 25 - Ilyushin Il-76 SSSR-86712
- March 26 - CASA C.212 Aviocar
- March 31 - SH-2 Sea Sprite
- May 28 - Dassault Mercure F-WTCC
- July 14 - VFW 614 D-BABA
- July 20 - Mitsubishi T-2
- July 23 - GAF Nomad VH-SUP
- September 3 - EMBRAER Xavante
- September 10 - Bell Model 309 N309J
- September 12 - Bede BD-5
Entered service
January- January 29 - EA-6 Prowler with VAQ-129 at NAS Whidbey Island
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