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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1996:
Contents
Events
February
- the T-6 Texan II is selected as the new primary trainer for the United States armed forces.
- Nicholas Piantanida is killed whilst attempting to break the world balloon altitude record.
- Hildegarde Ferrera becomes the oldest person to parachute out of a plane, at 99 years old.
March
- March 15 - The Fokker aircraft manufacturer is declared bankrupt.
- March 21 - Tupolev and NASA begin joint research into civil supersonic transports using a refurbished Tupolev Tu-144
April
- April 12 - Seven year old pilot Jessica Dubroff dies during attempt to set record as the youngest person to fly across the United States.
June
- June 9 - the Swedish Air Force opens a new pilot training centre at Såtenäs
July
- July 13 - A Garuda Indonesia Airways DC-10 crashes on take-off from Fukuoka Airport, Japan, killing 3.
- July 17 - TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 with 230 people aboard, explodes off the coast of New York.
August
- August 29 - Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen killing 141 people.
October
- October 8 - three B-2 Spirits destroy 16 targets with 16 smart bombs at the Nellis AFB range.
November
- November 12 - A Saudi Airlines Boeing 747 collides with a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin IL-76, killing 351 people.
December
- December 15 - the merger of McDonnell Douglas and Boeing is announced
First flights
January
March
- March 16 - MiG/MAPO MiG-AT
- March 21 - Tupolev TU-214
April
- April 4 - Extra 400
- April 5 - Lockheed C-130J
- April 25 - Yakovlev Yak/AEM-130
May
- May 22 - Airbus A319
June
August
September
October
- Kawada Robocopter
- October 29 - PZL SW-4 helicopter
November
- November 29 - Tupolev TU-144LL
Entered service
June
- Saab JAS-39A Gripen
Retirements
May
- May 30 - Mirage IV-P Bombers of the Armée de l'Air are retired.
July
- July 27 - the final General Dynamics F-111F attack aircraft are withdrawn from USAF service; on its retirement, the aircraft finally receives an official popular name: "Aardvark."
October
- October 17 - The last airworthy Vickers Vanguard, G-APEP, makes the type's last flight.
December
- December 19 - The US Navy retires it's Grumman A-6 Intruders.
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