2010 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2010.

Contents

Events

January

2 January
13 January
19 January
20 January
23 January
24 January
25 January
26 January
31 January

February

11 February
15 February
18 February
28 February

March

22 March
25 March
31 March

April

8 April
10 April
12 April
13 April
A United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet - the "Green Hornet" - making a biofuel-powered flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, on 22 April 2010. US Navy 100422-N-XXXXS-001 The Navy celebrates Earth Day by showcasing a supersonic flight test of the Green Hornet, an F-A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter jet powered by a 50-50 biofuel blend.jpg
A United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet – the "Green Hornet" – making a biofuel-powered flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, on 22 April 2010.
15 April
21 April
22 April

May

12 May
15 May
17 May
22 May
26 May
28 May

June

6 June
19 June
21 June

July

8 July
18 July
27 July
28 July

August

1 August
2 August
3 August
9 August
13 August
16 August
24 August
25 August
27 August
28 August

September

3 September
4 September
5 September
7 September
13 September
30 September

October

9 October
12 October
29 October

November

4 November
5 November
28 November
29 November

December

3 December
15 December

First flights

January

26 January
29 January

February

8 February

March

10 March
18 March
29 March

April

28 April

July

8 July

September

10 September

November

December

30 December

Retirements

September

17 September

December

Deaths

19 July

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737 which crashed in a runway overrun at Mangalore, India on 22 May, killing 158 of the 166 people on board. The deadliest military aircraft crash of this year was the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 in Smolensk, Russia on 10 April, killing all 96 on board.

References

  1. "Blue Wings stellt Flugbetrieb ein" (in German). Flugrevue. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. "Brown unveils security measures". BBC News. 20 January 2010.
  3. "Highland Airways goes into administration". BBC News. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  4. "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M 101 Smolensk Air Base". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. "Pilots reveal death-defying ordeal as engines failed on approach to Chek Lap Kok". South China Morning Post. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. "Crash: ATMA AN12 at Mexico on April 21st 2010, fire on board". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  7. "Wright, Liz, "," navy.mil, 22 April 2010 3:30:00 p.m." Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  8. Hallion, Roy P., "Does the Hypersonic Transport Have a Future?", Aviation History, July 2012, p. 42.
  9. Warwick, Graham, "First X-51A Hypersonic Flight Deemed Success," Aviation Week, 26 May 2010.
  10. Editorial Staff (31 May 2010). "Solar Impulse Flies On Pure Sunlight" . Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  11. "Romanian stowaway found at Heathrow freed after caution". BBC News. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  12. "Solar-powered plane lands safely after 26-hour flight". BBC News. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  13. "Anonymous, "The FAI Ratifies Solar Impulse's World Records," fai.org, 22 October 2010, 00:23". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  14. "Dreamliner lands at Farnborough". BBC News. 18 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  15. "Human-Powered Ornithopter Project". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  16. "C-17 Conducts Flight Test With Biofuel | Aero-News Network". www.aero-news.net. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  17. "1 dead, 33 injured after plane crashes into audience at German air show". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  18. "Flugunfall Lillinghof Strafbefehl gegen Piloten erlassen (Aircraft Accident Lillinghof issued charges against pilots)". BR Mittelfranken. Bayerischer Rundfunk. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  19. "The lucky Tu-154". English Russia. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  20. Brulliard, Karin, "Pakistan Blocks NATO's Afghan-Bound Supply Trucks After Airstrike Kills 3," washingtonpost.com, 30 September 2010, 12:49 p.m. EDT
  21. Brulliard, Karin, and Joshua Partlow, "NATO Airstrike Strains U.S.-Pakistan Relations", The Washington Post, 27 November 2011, which corrects the death toll (reported as three in the earlier article) to two.
  22. "Turkey, Russia among countries rushing to Israel's aid to fight fires". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  23. Hradecky, Simon (15 December 2010). "Crash: Tara Air DHC6 near Okhaldhunga on December 15th 2010, aircraft impacted mountain". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  24. Warnes, Alan (January 2021). "The day the Harrier died". Air International . Vol. 100, no. 1. pp. 32–39. ISSN   0306-5634.
  25. "XC-2 Finally Airborne". Air International . Vol. 78, no. 3. March 2010. p. 20. ISSN   0306-5634.
  26. Butowski, Piotr (March 2010). "Raptorski's Maiden Flight". Air International. Vol. 78, no. 3. pp. 30–37. ISSN   0306-5634.
  27. "Pictures & Video: Boeing's 747-8F lifts off on maiden flight". Flight International. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  28. "Surion Takes to the Air". Air International. Vol. 78, no. 5. May 2010. p. 16. ISSN   0306-5634.
  29. "Light Combat Helicopter Flies". Air International. Vol. 78, no. 5. May 2010. p. 5. ISSN   0306-5634.
  30. "Antonov An-158 Completes Maiden Flight". Air International. Vol. 78, no. 6. June 2010. p. 4. ISSN   0306-5634.
  31. "Eurocopter Reveals X3 Hybrid Helicopter Testbed". Air International. Vol. 79, no. 5. November 2010. p. 5. ISSN   0306-5634.
  32. "Anka MALE UAV Flown". Air International. Vol. 80, no. 2. February 2011. p. 11. ISSN   0306-5634.
  33. "US Air Force Retires T-43A". Air International. Vol. 79, no. 5. November 2010. p. 17. ISSN   0306-5634.
  34. Severn, Fran, "Aardvarks Go Extinct: Last Flight of the F-111", Flight Journal, June 2011, p. 58.