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

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 20 - General Dynamics YF-16

June

• June 9 - Northrop YF-17

August

• August 14 - Panavia Tornado
• August 21 - Hawker Siddeley Hawk XX154

October

• October 17 - Sikorsky YUH-60
• October 28 - Dassault Super Etendard

November

• November 29 - Boeing Vertol YUH-61

December

• December 23 - B-1 Lancer

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