United 727-22 N7027U begins its takeoff roll. It was briefly leased to Alaska Airlines in 1980, then intended for FedEx as N161FE in 1990 but not taken up, and scrapped four years later.
A China Airlines flight survives a 30,000ft dive in 1985, though an Iberia flight suffers an all-fatal crash the same day. The Boeing 757 makes its maiden flight, Lufthansa lines up to be the first 737 customer, and more...