1958 in aviation

Summary

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1958.

Years in aviation: 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961

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  • Trans-Pacific Airlines changed its name to Aloha Airlines.
  • November 4 – Shortly after take0off from Dyess Air Force Base outside Abilene, Texas, a USAF B-47 Stratojet carrying a nuclear bomb caught fire. It reached an altitude of 1,500 ft (460 m) before it crashed, killing one of its four crewmen. High-explosive material in the bomb exploded, creating a crater 6 ft (1.8 m) deep and 35 ft (11 m) in diameter, but no nuclear explosion occurred.[37]
  • November 6 – Rebels hijacked a Cubana de Aviación Douglas DC-3 with 29 people on board during a domestic flight in Cuba from Manzanillo to Holguín and forced it land at a rebel-held airfield in Cuba.[38]
  • November 25 – The English Electric P.1B, the first fully developed prototype of the English Electric Lightning, exceeded Mach 2 for the first time.[39]
  • November 26 – A USAF B-47 Stratojet with a nuclear bomb aboard was destroyed by fire while on the ground at Chennault Air Force Base near Lake Charles, Louisiana. High-explosive material in the bomb detonated, contaminating the bomber's wreckage and the surrounding area with radioactivity, but with no nuclear explosion.[40]

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First flights

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Entered service

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  • Boeing 707 with Pan American World Airways

November

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Retirements

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Deadliest crash

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The deadliest crash of this year was KLM Flight 607-E, a Lockheed Super Constellation, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean west of Galway, Ireland, on 14 August, killing all 99 people on board.

References

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  37. ^ Air Force concludes clean up at old B-47 nuclear bomb crash site, Military1.com
  38. ^ Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description
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  • Bridgman, Leonard (1959). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1959–60. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
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