1985 – NASA announces the 10 finalists for Teacher in Space.1988 – CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China), the Chinese state airline, changes its name to become Air China.
The Cobra sees the aircraft transfer from level flight to a vertical attitude and back to level flight with negligible changes in altitude.
1997 – Launch: Space Shuttle Columbia STS-94 at 2:02:02 pm EDT.One of the pilots sustained minor injuries. 1998 – A MK.51 BAE Hawk, 'HW-324', c/n 312221, of the Finnish Air Force crashes into the forest near Luopioinen due to Engine failure.1998 – JAL Express, operated by Japan Airlines, commenced operations.2000 – British Midland becomes the 15th airline to join the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline grouping.2001 – Singapore Airlines Cargo, operated by Singapore Airlines, began operations.2002 – In the Überlingen mid-air collision, Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 with 57 passengers and 14 crew members on board, collides with DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757 cargo plane with 2 pilots on board near Lake Constance, Germany all people on both planes perish.2002 – America West Flight 556, an Airbus A319, is ordered back to the terminal at Miami before take-off after security screeners report that the pilots appear intoxicated the pilots are eventually given prison sentences.2002 – First flight of the Pilatus PC-21.2002 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 M, collides with DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757-23APF, in the skies above the town of Überlingen, Germany.2004 – Cassini – Huygens, flagship-class NASA-ESA-ASI spacecraft, enters into orbit around Saturn.2009 – Launch of TerreStar-1, American communications satellite.2012 – A MAFFS-equipped Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, crashed in southwest South Dakota while fighting White Draw Fire, killing four crew and seriously injuring two.An archive of historical anniversaries that appeared on the Aviation Portal
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