1958 in aviation

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

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

  • Trans-Pacific Airlines changes its name to Aloha Airlines.
  • November 4 – Shortly after takeoff from Dyess Air Force Base outside Abilene, Texas, a United States Air Force B-47 Stratojet carrying a nuclear bomb catches fire. It reaches an altitude of 1,500 feet (457 meters) before it crashes, killing one of its four crewmen. High explosive material in the bomb explodes, creating a crater 6 feet (1.8 meters) deep and 35 feet (10.7 meters) in diameter, but there is no nuclear explosion.[38]
  • November 6 Rebels hijack a Cubana de Aviación Douglas DC-3 with 29 people on board during a domestic flight in Cuba from Manzanillo to Holguín and force it land at a rebel-held airfield in Cuba.[39]
  • November 25 The English Electric P.1B, the first fully developed prototype of the English Electric Lightning, exceeds Mach 2 for the first time.[40]
  • November 26 – A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet with a nuclear bomb aboard is destroyed by fire while on the ground at Chennault Air Force Base near Lake Charles, Louisiana. High-explosive material in the bomb detonates, contaminating the bomber's wreckage and the surrounding area with radioactivity, but there is no nuclear explosion.[41]

December

First flights

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

November

December

Entered service

January

April

May

June

August

November

December

Retirements

April

June

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