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Partial list of events that marked aviation in 1986:
(See also List of years in aviation)- January
- 8, Oklahoma: The first C-5B Galaxy plane delivered from Lockheed to the USAF.
- 11, India: The first Mig-27 built by Hindustan Aeronautics is delivered.
- 31, Canada: Boeing completes purchase of DeHavilland.
- February
- March
- 3, Wichita, Kansas: A variant of the Cessna Model 208 Caravan I, specially built for Fed Ex, makes its first flight.
- 6, Frankfurt: The world's heaviest passenger, an 800 pound Austrian man, flies on Japan Airlines to Tokyo. The airline had to remove 16 seats from a Boeing 747 jet to accommodate him.
- April
- 1, Kuwait: A Boeing 767 lands after a non-stop flight from Seattle, setting a world record for the longest, non-stop flight by a twin engined jet.
- 18, France: Marcel Dassault (real name: Marcel Bloch) dies at 94.
- 28, Soviet Union: Pan Am returns to the Soviet Union, using a Boeing 747 from JFK International Airport in New York.
- May
- 3, Sri Lanka: 20 passengers die after an explosion caused by Tamil Tigers separatists aboard a Air Lanka Lockheed L-1011 jet.
- 7, Dallas: Al Mooney dead at 80.
- 19, England: The British Aerospace Hawk 200 helicopter flies for the first time.
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- 6, Shetland Isles: A Boeing 234 Chinook crashes, killing 45 people. It is history's worst helicopter disaster.
- December
- 2, Paris: An Air France Concorde returns to Paris after an 18 day around the world trip. with 94 passengers.
