1958 in aviation
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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 Demons and four F8U Crusaders 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
April
- April 30 - Blackburn Buccaneer XK 486
May
July
- July 30 - de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou CF-KTK-X
August
November
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 No. 700 Squadron FAA
December
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