1958 In Aviation

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	Yp3	1957
	Year	1958
	Ya1	1959
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This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1958 :

EVENTS

Gulfstream Aerospace founded in Savannah, Georgia , USA.

London Gatwick Airport opens after two years of extensive reconstruction. It is the first multimodal airport in the world, with direct rail connections from the main terminal to London and Brighton .

January

January 14 - Qantas becomes the first foreign airline permitted to fly across the United States

February

February 13 - the British Ministry of Defence White Paper makes Britain's nuclear weapons programme public knowledge.

March

March 17 - Air Inter commences operations

May

May 16 - Cpt W. W. Irwin sets a new airspeed record of 1,404 mph (2,259 km/h) in a F-104 Starfighter , the first record over 2,000 km/h

May 17 - four F3H Demon s and four F8U Crusader s make a non-stop crossing of the Atlantic

May 23 - the Short S.C.1 VTOL aircraft makes its first hovering flight

September

September 30 - Britain's last Flying Boat airliners are put out of service when Aquila Airways terminates it Southampton - Madeira route.

FIRST FLIGHTS

March

March 5 - Yakovlev Yak-28

Aerfer Ariete

March 25 - The Avro CF-105 Arrow (RL201) made its maiden flight in Malton (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

April

April 30 - Blackburn Buccaneer ''XK 486''

May

May 12 - Dassault Mirage III

May 27 - McDonnell XF4H-1

June

June 9 - Agusta AZ8-L

July

July 30 - De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou ''CF-KTK-X''

August

August 31 - North American A3J-1 Vigilante

November

Adams-Wilson Hobbycopter

December

December 4 - Baade B-152 V1 Prototype

ENTERED SERVICE

January

F-104 Starfighter with the 83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron USAF at Hamilton AFB

April

April 9 - Handley Page Victor with No. 10 Squadron RAF at RAF Cottesmore

April 21 - Vertol Model 44 with New York Airways

May

May 26 - Republic F-105B Thunderchief with the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron USAF at Eglin AFB

August

Boeing 707 with Pan Am

November

De Havilland Sea Vixen to 700 Naval Air Squadron

December

Lockheed L-188 Electra with American Airlines

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