1971 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1971:

Events

January

• January 6 - the United States Marine Corps takes delivery of its first AV-8 Harriers
• January 22 - a US Navy P-3 Orion sets a distance record of 7,010 miles (11,282 km) for an aircraft in its class

March

• March 24 - Federal funding for the Boeing SST project is cut by the US Congress.

May

• May 20 - Boeing announces that they have canceled their SST project.

June

• June 18 - Southwest Airlines founded

July

• July 30 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162

September

• First crossing of the Atlantic by Concorde

October

• The United States lifts its arms embargo from Israel.
• October 1 - Aurigny Air Services commences operations

December

• December 3-17 - Indo-Pakistan War. The Indian Air Force loses 72 aircraft and the Pakistan Air Force 94 aircraft.

First flights

January

• January 20 - Grumman E-2C Hawkeye

February

• February 26 - Saab-MFI 15

March

• AEREON 26
• March 15 - VFW-Fokker H3 Sprinter D-9543
• March 21 - Westland Lynx XW835
• March 25 - Ilyushin Il-76 SSSR-86712
• March 26 - CASA C.212 Aviocar
• March 31 - SH-2 Sea Sprite

April

• April 22 - Aero Boero AB-210
• April 29 - Piper PA-48 Enforcer

May

• May 28 - Dassault Mercure F-WTCC

July

• July 14 - VFW-614 D-BABA
• July 20 - Mitsubishi T-2
• July 23 - GAF Nomad VH-SUP
• July 30 - Robin HR200

August

• August 4 - Agusta A109

September

• September 3 - EMBRAER Xavante
• September 10 - Bell 309 KingCobra N309J
• September 12 - Bede BD-5 N500BD
• September 20 - VFW VAK 191B
• September 30 - Avro Shackelton AEW2 WL745

October

• October 21 - Italair F.20 Pegaso I-GEAV

December

• Aerosport Quail N88760

Entered service

January

• January 20 - McDonell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II with Luftwaffe
• January 29 - EA-6 Prowler with VAQ-129 at NAS Whidbey Island

April

• April 1 - Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B with British European Airways
• April 15 - Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier with VMA-513 of the United States Marine Corps

August

• August 5 - McDonnell Douglas DC-10 with American Airlines

October

• October 1 - Britten-Norman Trislander with Aurigny Air Services