2006 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2006:

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January 18 - The world's largest passenger plane the Airbus A380, gets unveiled in an elaborate ceremony in France.
January 19 - Jet Airways announces its purchase of Air Sahara, creating the largest domestic airliner in India.

February 1 - UAL. Corp, United Airlines' parent company emerges from bankruptcy after being in such position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.

February 11 - Steve Fossett broke the record for longest distance flight by taking off from Kennedy Space Center on 8 February and landing in Kent, England after a 76 hour 45 minute flight covering 42,469.46 km.

February 16 - Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service.

March 25 - A revolutionary scramjet jet engine Hyshot III designed to fly at seven times the speed of sound is successfully tested at Woomera, South Australia.

May 3 - Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea shortly before it was due to land at Adler-Sochi International Airport in Russia.
May 6 - The U.S. Air Force retired the last Lockheed Martin C 141 StarLifter The Hanoi Taxi landed for the last time and was received in a formal retirement ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at WPAFB in Riverside, Ohio near Dayton.
May 18 - The worlds biggest passenger jet the Airbus A380 lands at Heathrow Airport for the first time making its UK debut.
May 23 - The collision of a Greek and a Turkish fighter jet above southeastern Aegean Sea results in the death of the Greek pilot. The accident took place as the two aircraft were involved in a mock fight.

July 8 - Aerospace scientists in Toronto conduct the first confirmed flight of a manned ornithopter operating under its own power.

July 9 - S7 Airlines Flight 778 crashes in Irkutsk, Russia, killing at least 118 people of the 192 on the plane.

July 10 - All 45 passengers aboard PIA Flight 688 die in a crash on takeoff in Multan, Pakistan.

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