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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1988:
Events
- January
- February
- March
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May
- 23, Houston: The Shamu One, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 painted like and named after a Sea World whale, begins flying for the airline.
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June
- 26, France: An Air France Airbus A320, on a demonstration flight, crashes and kills four people, including the pilot and co-pilot.
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July
- 3, Persian Gulf: The USS Vincennes allegedly mistakes an Iran Air Airbus A300 airliner (flight 655) for a hostile military plane, shooting it down and killing all 290 people on board.
- August
- September
- October
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November
- 10, Sonora desert: The USAF's secret, almost invisible airplane is recognized by the military body, and named the Stealth plane.
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December
- 21, Lockerbie in Scotland: Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747 flying from London to New York, and carrying many passengers back home for Christmas, explodes in mid-air, killing 258 persons. Libyan terrorists are blamed for the tragedy.
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