1954 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1954:
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Events
January
- January 10 - a BOAC de Havilland Comet crashes into the Mediterranean Sea near Elba with the loss of all 35 people aboard.
April
- April 1 - Last operational flight by a RAF Spitfire, a photo-reconnaissance sortie against bandits in Malaya
June
- June 2 - Yugoslavian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s attack a Belgian Douglas DC-3, which lands in Austria
- June 21 - three USAF B-47 Stratojets cross the Pacific Ocean in under 15 hours
July
- July 22 - an Air Cathay Douglas DC-4 is shot down near Hainan Island
- July 26 - Soviet Air Force Lavochkin La-7s attack two US Navy A-1 Skyraiders searching for survivors from the Air Cathay flight. The Skyraiders respond and shoot down the La-7s
November
- November 2 - the VTOL Convair XFY transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back
- November 7 - Soviet Air Force MiG-15s shoot down a USAF B-29 Superfortress off Hokkaido, claiming it was spying.
- November 17 - a B-47 is forced by bad weather to remain aloft for 47 hours 35 minutes, needing nine aerial refuellings.
First flights
August
- August 3 - Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (free flight)
- August 4 - English Electric P.1, prototype of the English Electric Lightning
July
- July 15 - Boeing 367-80, prototype of the Boeing 707 and Boeing C-135 families
September
October
- October 3 - Douglas XF4D-1
- October 6 - Fairey FD.2
Entered service
February
- Supermarine Swift with No. 56 Squadron RAF
September
- FJ Fury with VF-173
- September 27 - F-100 Super Sabre with 479th Fighter Day Wing