Years in aviation:	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
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Years:	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1974:

Contents 1 Events 1.1 March 1.2 July 1.3 September 1.4 November 2 First flights 3 Entered service

Events

March

• March 3 - Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a DC-10, crashes into forest near Ermenonville, France, killing 346 people. At the time, it was the worst aviation disaster in history.

July

• July 22 - the US Navy and Marine Corps evacuate 500 people from Cyprus, away from the conflict erupting between Greece and Turkey on the island

September

• September 1 - a SR-71 Blackbird crosses the Atlantic Ocean in less than two hours.

November

• November 20 - Lufthansa flight 540 crashes and burns moments after takeoff, killing 59 people. It was the first major accident involving the Boeing 747.

First flights

January

• January 9 - WSK-Mielec M-15 SP-1974
• January 20 - General Dynamics YF-16 72-01567

February

• February 21 - HTM Skyrider D-HHTF

June

• June 9 - Northrop YF-17 72-01569
• June 24 - Aerospatiale AS 350 Ecureuil F-WVKH

August

• August 14 - Panavia MRCA (later Tornado) D-9591
• August 21 - Hawker-Siddeley Hawk XX154
• August 22 - Shorts 360 G-BSBH

September

• September 11 - Bell 206L LongRanger N206L
• September 25 - Northrop F-5F Tiger II 73-0889

October

• October 17 - Sikorsky YUH-60 73-21650
• October 28 - Dassault Super Étendard
• October 31 - IAR-93 RO-001 / J-22 Orao 25001

November

• November 8 - IA 58 Pucará
• November 29 - Boeing Vertol YUH-61 73-21656

December

• December 23 - B-1 Lancer 74-0158

Entered service

• Sukhoi Su-24 'Fencer' with VVS

February

• February 20 - S-3 Viking with VS-41, NAS North Island

May

• May 23 - Airbus A300 with Air France

September

• September 17 - F-14 Tomcat with VF-1 and VF-2 aboard USS Enterprise

November

• November 14 - F-15 Eagle with the 555th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron at Luke AFB

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