1987 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1987:

Events

January
- 1, Puerto Rico: United States Coast Guard HH-65A Dolphin and Sikorsky Sea Kings flown by the Navy help rescue people trapped inside the Dupont Plaza hotel after a fire there on the night of December 31, 1986.
- 7, Chad: French military jets attack the Libyan air base in Ouadi Doum to avenge a raid by Libya against French military 3 days before.
- 20, Northern Ireland: The first Short Turcano T.1 plane rolls out.
February
- 19, France: The French Air Force receives its first Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000N plane.
- 22, France; The Airbus A320 flies for the first time.
March
April
May
- 9, Poland: An Il-62 of LOT Polish Airlines bound for New York, crashes on take-off, killing 183 persons.
- 29, Soviet Union: Mathias Rust, 19 years old, a West German pilot, shocks people by landing his Cessna 172 plane on Red Square.
June
- 21, Paris: Air France pilot Partick Fourticq and friend Henri Pescarolo once again walk into the record books, completing an around the world flight aboard a Lockheed 18 model, in 88 hours and 19 minutes.
July
August
- 16, Detroit: A DC-9 MD-80 of Northwest Airlines crashes on take-off for a flight to Phoenix. 154 are killed.
September
October
- 31, London: British Airways accepts the airline's first women pilots.
November
- 26, Denver: A DC-9 of Continental Airlines crashes on take-off during a snowstorm. 26 lose their lives and 56 are gravely injured.

March

December


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