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IDEO

IDEO is a design and consulting firm with offices in the U.S., England, and China. It was founded in Palo Alto, California, in 1991. The company's 500 staff uses a design thinking approach to design products, services, environments, brands, and digital experiences.

In 1996, Steelcase took a majority ownership stake in the firm, which continued to operate independently. By the early 2000s, the company had expanded into management consulting and organizational design. In 2016, Japanese holding company Kyu Collective purchased a minority stake in the firm, with Steelcase continuing to hold a small stake.

History
IDEO was formed in 1991 by a merger of David Kelley Design (founded by Stanford University professor David Kelley in 1978), London-based Moggridge Associates and San Francisco's ID Two (both founded by British-born Bill Moggridge, in 1969 and 1979, respectively), and Matrix Product Design (founded by Mike Nuttall in 1983). David Kelley Design was previously Hovey-Kelley Design, which was a partnership between David Kelley and Dean Hovey. Hovey-Kelley Design worked on the design for the computer mice for the Apple Lisa and the original Apple Macintosh.

In 1996, Office-furniture maker Steelcase took a majority ownership stake in IDEO, which continued to operate independently. Steelcase began divesting its shares through a five-year management buy-back program in 2007. By the early 2000s, IDEO had expanded into management consulting and organizational design. In 2016, Japanese holding company Kyu Collective purchased a minority stake in the firm.

While the company started with a focus on designing consumer products (e.g., toothbrush, personal assistant, computers), by 2001, IDEO began to widen its focus on consumer experiences and services.

In 2011, IDEO incubated IDEO.org — a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on doing work the centers people in poor and vulnerable communities. In April 2019, the company announced that Sandy Speicher would replace Tim Brown as CEO of the company. In November 2022, the company announced that Derek Robson would become CEO effective January 5, 2023.

The Deep Dive
On February 9, 1999, the ABC show Nightline featured IDEO in a segment called The Deep Dive: One Company's Secret Weapon for Innovation. The segment featured Jack Smith of ABC touring the IDEO office and challenging the company to redesign the shopping cart in five days to demonstrate IDEO's process for innovation. The result was a shopping cart with a nestable steel frame which holds removable plastic baskets to help deter theft and increase shopper flexibility. A dual child seat with a swing-up tray was also included in the design, as well as a cup holder, a barcode reader to skip the checkout line and steerable back wheels for manoeuvrability. The demonstration of IDEO's innovation process has led to the segment becoming part of numerous curricula, including Project Lead the Way and multiple universities.

Acquisitions and partnerships
On October 17, 2017, IDEO acquired Datascope — a data science firm based in Chicago. Datascope has worked with IDEO as a consultant on many projects over the past four years. Tim Brown, Chair of IDEO, states that the acquisition is largely motivated by advances in data sciences and machine learning. These advances allow for a bigger focus in human-centered applications including facilitation of the design process. Datascope's 15-person team will be moved to IDEO's Chicago office.

With IDEO's acquisition by Kyu, the firm increasingly partners with other member firms of the collective.

Organizational culture
IDEO's organizational culture consists of project teams, flat hierarchy, individual autonomy, creativity, and collaboration. The firm currently employs over 500 people across many disciplines, including: Behavioral Science, Branding, Business Design, Communication Design, Design Research, Digital Design, Education, Electrical Engineering, Environments Design, Food Science, Healthcare Services, Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Mechanical Engineering, Organizational Design, and Software Engineering.

Products and services
IDEO has worked on projects in the consumer food and beverage, retail, computer, medical, educational, furniture, office, and automotive industries. Some examples include Apple's first mouse, the Palm V PDA, and Steelcase's Leap chair. Clients include Air New Zealand, Coca-Cola, ConAgra Foods, Eli Lilly, Ford, Medtronic, Mexichem, Sealy, ShinHo, and Steelcase among many others.

OpenIDEO
In August 2010, IDEO introduced OpenIDEO - a collaborative platform for the design process. OpenIDEO was designed to be an internal tool for IDEO to collaborate with clients, but it is now a public tool. The purpose of the tool is to virtually drive the creative process to solve social problems, allowing for people of different expertise and backgrounds to collaborate. Examples of projects that have been facilitated by OpenIDEO include various projects of the WWF and TEDPrize winner Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution movement. In a collaboration with Sutter Health, London's Helix Centre and Shoshana R. Ungerleider, they completed an OpenIDEO Challenge to "reimagine the end of life experience" which later led to the founding of international initiatives, End Well and Re:imagine.

Design education
IDEO U is an online educational program released in early 2015. Course participants are instructed on the concepts surrounding human-centered design thinking.

In addition to the online program, IDEO and its affiliates have released multiple books on design thinking, including New York Times best-selling Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All. Former CEO Tim Brown is the author of Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation (2009) in which he argues that design can transform problems into opportunities – emphasizing design thinking as a human-centered activity, he specifically prizes the feeling of empathy, where designers are capable of understanding the perspectives and problems the end users face.

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Reads like advertisement
This and the linked article at Product Design read like advertisements. RickK 05:05 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Also, the Tim Brown and David Kelley linked to here are NOT the same fellows as connected to IDEO, though it would be a very different world if they were... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.167.217.163 (talk)

Similar firms
I think this section should be it's own article, or removed completely because Wikipedia is not a list of links (WP:NOT). And why is it that someone claiming to be a part owner in MIDI has removed that company from this list? --Ronz 16:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I propose removal. If someone wants to put together a separate article listing such companies, I'm glad to help. --Ronz 16:23, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Removed. I think Category:Industrial design firms is enough. --Ronz 16:59, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of material on June 16, 2013
I agreed with the flags on the article and removed a large amount of self promotional language and non referenced claims that read like a brochure. Happy to discuss this with anyone concerned. Goalloverhere (talk) 01:12, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Seemingly contradictory info: Mouse and founding date
They were founded in 1991, but worked on "Apple's first mouse" which was released in 1984. Something needs fixing or clarifying. Chriswaterguy talk 02:54, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:Launceston, Tasmania

"mispronounced"?
"Launceston (, often mispronounced ) is a city ..." Is pronunciation really so militantly uniform in Australia that an alternative pronunciation is said to be mispronounced? My American ears can hear VERY little difference between the "correct" and "mispronounced" pronunciations given in this article—certainly not enough difference to label one of them as mispronounced. I'd think just the slight differences in pronunciation by people in the same family could allow for such a slight variation as this. Would it offend Australian sensibilities just to give them as two possible pronunciations, not one that's right and the other wrong? At what point does the mispronunciation of a word happen so often (as the article says this one does) that it can be considered an alternative pronunciation as opposed to a wrong pronunciation? —104.244.192.86 (talk) 01:20, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

 * The pronunciation of place names is quite another matter from the pronunciation of common nouns (and other words, of course). It is generally assumed that the "correct" pronunciation of a place name (in the common language of its inhabitants) is what the inhabitants call it. It is a standing joke/irritation among the people of Launceston (to be fair most of us, most of the time, probably don't care that much) that other Australians - even some other Tasmanians, mispronounce the city's name. Whatever an American might think, to a person from Launceston the difference in the way the first syllable sounds can produce the (momentary) illusion that it is another place altogether that the speaker is talking about. Just to compound the issue - an English person would elide the second syllable entirely, after the usual pronunciation of the name of the Cornish town. I can quite understand that this is a complete non-issue to an American reader, who is likely to pronounce our city's name in various creative and interesting ways. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 04:06, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

 * haha - we of the southern and western (Tasmanian) heritage tend to reduce it all to lonnie whichever way you want to read that.
 * For very strange misusages - try working out correct usage of western australians with the northern port of Derby, Western Australia JarrahTree 04:42, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

 * Not going to get into the Derby/Darby one (lol). The first syllable of "lonny" (very commonly used here, too) is the same as the first syllable of the proper name of the city, which may prove a useful way of remembering for a speaker of a non-Northern Tasmanian dialect. -Soundofmusicals (talk) 04:59, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
 * In Queenstown pubs in the mid 1970s (sic) the place up the hill was Gormy and they were situated in Queeny... JarrahTree 06:07, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Difference sounds huge to an Australian SpaceInnovader (talk) 16:11, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

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Corson (demon)

In demonology, Corson is one of the four principal kings that have power over the seventy-two demons that are supposedly constrained by King Solomon, according to the Lesser Key of Solomon. Corson is not to be conjured except on great occasions.

He is the king of the west according to some translations of The Lesser Key of Solomon, and king of the south according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum. The other three demon-kings of the cardinal directions are Amaymon, Ziminiar, and Gaap (although some translations of The Lesser Key of Solomon consider Belial, Beleth, Asmodai, and Gaap to be the kings of different cardinal directions, not specifying the cardinal direction that they rule over).

Other spelling

 * Gorson

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Untitled
Huh? RickK 05:12 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

See the user contribs. What's the betting it turns out that he was the founder of whatever company the anon is inserting advertising for? -- Tannin

Some obscure author. --Menchi 05:21 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I was heretofore unaware of him, but some quick research indicates he's apparently a fairly influential anthropologist, so much so that he was knighted for his work in the field. So I wrote up an article based on some mostly google-driven research. --Delirium 05:36 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Good work, too. RickK 05:37 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * You wrote those two long paragraphs in 10 minutes? --Menchi 05:39 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Well, was more like 20 minutes (I started writing soon after the initial version appeared). I pretty much just stole the information on and  (two of the first google results for "E.E. Evans-Pritchard"), but wrote it up in my own words. --Delirium 05:42 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Malinowski
There needs to be something in this article about his very tense relation with Malinowski (allegedly over Pritchard's interest in adopting a historical tone in ethnography). Malinowski had considerable control over the distribution of Rockefeller money to British Anthropology - to Evans-Pritchard's detriment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.104.252 (talk • contribs)

Expand
Right, i'm not sure whether 'expand' is the most adequate choice, but the article is in dire need of a full bibliography with ISBNs, a section on Pritchard's alleged feud with Malinowski, allusions to the role of Rockefeller money in British anthropology and to classical social anthropology as a colonial field of knowledge, something particularly associated with Pritchard's Nuer fieldwork. I am aware of these issues but don't think I would be best placed to adress these issues. Somebody, please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.104.252 (talk • contribs)

Background Reading
Perhaps this article could refer to helpful background reading such as "Evans-Pritchard", by Mary Douglas (Harvester Press, 1980) ISBN-10: 0855278358  ISBN-13: 978-0855278359. Since I'm not an anthropology expert, I'll leave this suggestion for y'all to consider. Just trying to help. --Bill.albing 12:26, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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A picture says more than 1000 words
Antropologist Evans Pritchard 1926 in Sudan https://i.imgur.com/v7UIquR.jpg should one have mentioned and shown that this man was a racist? 62.143.218.87 (talk) 00:52, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * You would need a lot more than a photograph without reliably sourced context to establish that. --Andreas Philopater (talk) 13:25, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

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Ziminiar

In demonology, Ziminiar or Zymymar is one of the four principal kings that have power over the seventy-two demons that are supposedly constrained by King Solomon, according to the Lesser Key of Solomon. Ziminiar is not to be conjured except on great occasions. The other three demon-kings are Amaymon, Corson, and Gaap (although some translations of The Lesser Key of Solomon consider the four kings to be Belial, Beleth, Asmodai, and Gaap, not specifying the cardinal direction that they rule over).

He is the king of the north according to both The Lesser Key of Solomon and Pseudomonarchia Daemonum.

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The Bolitho Novels
British author Douglas Reeman (using the pseudonym Alexander Kent) has written 30 novels on Captain Richard Bolitho RN. His home was in Falmouth in Cornwall.

Should this not be mentioned in the Wiki, maybe under culture like Kenneth Grahame's classic The Wind in the Willows? Prudence Williams (talk) 17:22, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Got a reliable source you can quote? Murgatroyd49 (talk) 17:24, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

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Prime Minister of Romania

The prime minister of Romania (Prim-ministrul României), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania (Prim-ministrul Guvernului României), is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled President of the Council of Ministers (Președintele Consiliului de Miniștri), when the term "Government" included more than the Cabinet, and the Cabinet was called the Council of Ministers (Consiliul de Miniștri). The title was officially changed to Prime Minister by the 1965 Constitution of Romania during the communist regime.

The current prime minister is Marcel Ciolacu of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who has been serving since 15 June 2023 onwards as the head of government of the National Coalition for Romania (CNR).

Nomination
One of the roles of the president of the republic is to designate a candidate for the office of prime minister. The president must consult with the party that has the majority in the Parliament or, if no such majority exists, with the parties represented in Parliament.

Once designated, the candidate assembles a proposal for the governing program and the cabinet. The proposal must be approved by the Parliament within ten days, through a motion of no confidence. Both the program and the cabinet membership are debated by the Parliament in a joint session of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The proposal is accepted only if a majority of all deputies and senators approves.

Once the vote of confidence is obtained, the candidate becomes the prime minister and all cabinet members become ministers. The prime minister, the ministers, and other members of the Government take an oath before the president, as stipulated under Article 82 of the Constitution. The Government as a whole and each of its members exercise their mandate from the date of the oath.

Functions
The prime minister directs the actions of the government and co-ordinates the activities of its members. The prime minister submits to the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate reports and statements on Government policy, to be debated. As head of the government, the prime minister is charged with directing the internal policy of the country and leads the public administration. In this regard, the government cooperates with other interested social actors.

As with any other office of public authority, the office of prime minister is incompatible with any other office, except that of deputy or senator and is also incompatible with a professional position in a commercial organization. The term of a prime minister ends with the individual's resignation, dismissal following a motion of no confidence, loss of electoral rights (following a conviction), incompatibility with the office, death or expiration of the term of the legislature. The prime minister, together with the minister tasked with the particular field of government, can sign resolutions and ordinances to take effect as executive orders the moment they are published in the Monitorul Oficial, the official gazette of the Romanian state. Such ordinances must be sent to the appropriate chamber of Parliament where they are discussed in an urgent manner and they are then sent to the official gazette. In case the noticed chamber does not discuss or approve said ordinance after 30 days of its arrival, the ordinance is officially adopted and published in the gazette. An emergency ordinance cannot modify a constitutional law, concern the functioning of the fundamental institutions, rights, or liberties.

Unlike in the president-parliamentary semi-presidential systems, such as Russia, the Romanian prime minister is not a subordinate of the president, as he cannot outright dismiss the prime minister. The president can attend the government meetings debating upon matters of national interest with regard to foreign policy, country's defense, maintenance of public order, and, at the invitation of the prime minister, in other instances as well. The president will always chair the government meetings he attends.

In addition to his constitutional roles, the prime minister is, generally, the leader of the major party in the majority coalition that supports the government, although this is not always the case.

Relationship with Parliament
The Government and the other bodies of administration must submit all information, reports or documents requested by the Chamber of Deputies, Senate, or parliamentary committees as part of the parliamentary control of government.

The members of government are allowed to attend the works of Parliament and they must do so at the request of the presidents of the chambers. The prime minister and the members of his Cabinet must answer all questions or interpellations brought forward by deputies or senators as under the terms laid down in the statutes of Parliament. After such interpellations, the Chamber or the Senate can adopt a simple motion to express their position towards an issue of internal or external politics.

Parliament can dismiss an outgoing prime minister and his cabinet by adopting a motion of no confidence against the government. In order for a motion to be initiated, it must be signed by at least a quarter of deputies and senators and for it to pass, a majority of deputies and senators must vote in favour of it. After a motion of no confidence is adopted, the prime minister and his Cabinet are officially dismissed and the President must designate an individual to form a new government. Since 1989, five prime ministers have been dismissed following the adoption of a motion of no confidence: Emil Boc (2009), Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (2012), Sorin Grindeanu (2017), Viorica Dăncilă (2019), and Florin Cîțu (2021).

History
Originally styled President of the Council of Ministers, the office was first created in 1862 during the reign of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza. Cuza, unlike other monarchs of his time, was not a hereditary ruler. In 1859 he was elected Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia in two separate elections, thus de facto uniting the two principalities. By 1862, he had completely fused the two administrations into a single government with its capital at Bucharest, the new country bearing the name Romania, but the union was in danger of being dissolved after the end of his rule. A liberal, in favour of the two great reform projects envisioned by the liberals of the time (the electoral and agrarian reforms), Cuza did not publicly espouse his political preferences or position himself as the leader of a faction, preferring to keep the office of the Prince politically neutral. In order to give the country a political government, Cuza created the office of prime minister and brought into power the leader of the Conservative faction, Barbu Catargiu.

During the first years after its creation the office held considerable authority, being able to challenge the will of the Prince and together with a Legislative Assembly composed mainly of conservatives and reactionaries, Catargiu's conservative government was able to delay the adoption of several reforms. Frustrated by the government's opposition to reforms, and unable to work with an Assembly dominated by reactionary forces due to the censitary nature of the electoral system, Cuza launched a coup d'etat, followed by a constitutional referendum that replaced the Convention of Paris, an act that served as the constitution of the country, with his own version named the Statute expanding the Paris Convention (Statutul dezvoltător al Convenției de la Paris). The new constitution created the Senate for serving Cuza's legislative purposes and vested the office of the Prince with full executive authority, while the prime minister remained his subordinate. Even though Cuza now had plenary powers, the office the prime minister remained influential, and Mihail Kogălniceanu, the third prime minister, a liberal and former ally of Cuza often clashed with him.

After Cuza's removal by coup d'état in 1866 by a coalition formed by both members of the liberal and conservative factions, the political forces of the time settled on two objectives: bringing a foreign prince from a European noble family on the country's throne and drafting a liberal constitution. The 1866 Constitution confirmed that the prime minister served at the pleasure of the Prince, the latter being able to appoint and dismiss the former at any time and for any reason. Nevertheless, the prime minister still held considerable influence.

After World War I led to the creation of Greater Romania another constitution was drafted in 1923 to reflect the changes the Romanian state had undergone since the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Trianon. The new constitution limited the powers of the King, vesting the executive power entirely in the prime minister and his Cabinet who now governed in the King's name after the latter appointed him. The new constitution also made the first steps towards a parliamentary control of the government, stipulating that either of the chambers may put ministers under accusation to stand trial.

Residence
The current residence of the prime minister is the Victoria Palace.

Initially designed to be headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, Victoria Palace was the headquarters of Foreign Ministry and Council of Ministers during the Communist period and became, in 1990, headquarters of the first government of post-communist Romania.

The palace was declared a historical monument in 2004.

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Witch trial (disambiguation)

A witch trial is a legal proceeding that is part of a witch-hunt.

Witch trial may also refer to:
 * Salem witch trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693
 * "Witch Trial" (Charmed), an episode from Charmed season two
 * The Witch Trials, an electropunk musical group (1980–1981)

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Launceston

Launceston may refer to:

Places

 * Launceston, Cornwall, a town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
 * Launceston (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in Cornwall
 * Launceston, Tasmania, a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia
 * City of Launceston (also Launceston City Council), a local government body in Tasmania
 * Launceston Airport, a regional airport on the outskirts of Launceston, Tasmania
 * Tarrant Launceston, a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England

Ships

 * HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94), an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
 * HMAS Launceston (FCPB 207), a Fremantle-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
 * HMAS Launceston (J179), one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II

Other

 * Launceston Elliot (1874–1930), a Scottish weightlifter
 * Launceston Rugby Club, a Cornish rugby club who play at Polson Bridge, Launceston, Cornwall
 * Viscount Launceston, a peerage title

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What's it mean
I'll be 38 on the 29th. 24.179.218.57 (talk) 20:26, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

 * what cogsan  •  (give me attention)  •  (see my deeds)  20:32, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Monkeywrenching

I hope my creation of this web page doesn't sic the FBI on me. :-) Desertphile 05:58 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Wow, this is pretty POV. You're saying there is not one single person involved in monkeywrenching who isn't worried about any injuries the people who become involved in their conduct incur? What about those loggers who are injured when their saws hit spikes pounded into trees? RickK 06:32 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * I guess they shouldn't be cutting into those trees. - FrancisTyers 00:40, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

I removed the POV -- monkeywrenching isn't historically a solely single activity. I also inserted the correct history of the term and removed the mention that monkeywrenching is solely an activity where nobody gets hurt -- plenty of people were hurt by monkeywrenching in the Mine fights and such back in the early 1900's.09:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

So, who added back in the eco-whatever crap about how "monkeywrenching's guiding principle is about no one getting hurt..." Whatever idiot is adding that back in obviously hasn't bothered to pay attention to his/her history books. Banaticus 06:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

 * There's a difference between an ELF action and monkeywrenching; namely, that they are not neccessarily mutually inclusive of one another. ELF actions are non-violent; that is to say, that ELF actions do not harm living things (besides grass and such, sometimes). Either way, you should watch your toungue. Canaen  05:55, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm aware of the ELF organization. I haven't seen a correlation being drawn on this monkeywrenching page between their activities and monkeywrenching, so I'm rather confused as to why you're suddenly bringing them into the conversation at this point.  I also fail to see the difference between Hurricane Katrina destroying things (such as people's houses) and ELF destroying things (such as people's houses), albeit ELF operates on a far smaller scale than Katrina.  Just because Elf doesn't physically cut people's throats doesn't mean that it's not harming people -- go back and read your dictionary.  Has Bin Ladden's threats and actions against America prompted any real change?  No?  Then why would members of ELF be deluded enough to believe that their similar terrorist actions are going to prompt any real change?  ELF's actions only make people more aghast at ELF and help to paint all people who desire political changes regarding our ecological issues in a bad light.  That being said, again, I fail to see why ELF's actions are in any way relevant to the historical definition of the term "monkeywrenching" and I wonder why you're bringing them into the conversation. Banaticus 05:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

This page needs a NPOV tag or a rewrite. SAB —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.205.107.138 (talk) 19:57, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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Thomas Gore Browne

Colonel Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne (3 July 1807 – 17 April 1887) was a British colonial administrator, who was Governor of St Helena, Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Tasmania and Governor of Bermuda.

Early life
Browne was born on 3 July 1807 in Aylesbury, in the county of Buckinghamshire, England, a son of Robert Browne and Sarah Dorothea Steward. Of Irish extraction, the family had a military or church tradition; his father was a colonel in the Buckinghamshire Militia while his younger brother, Harold Browne, later became Bishop of Winchester.

Military career
In 1824, Browne kept up his family's military tradition and joined the British Army as an ensign in the 44th Regiment of Foot. After four years, he transferred into the 28th Regiment of Foot. In 1832, and now a captain, he was appointed aide-de-camp to Baron Nugent, the High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. He served in this role for three years, which included a spell as colonial secretary.

Now a major, Browne was posted to the 41st Regiment of Foot. In 1842, the regiment was dispatched to Afghanistan and fought in the First Anglo-Afghan War. He led the regiment for a time and commanded the rearguard as the British Army retreated from Khyber Pass into India. After his return from the campaign in Afghanistan, Browne was promoted lieutenant-colonel. He was also appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. In 1849, he exchanged into the 21st Regiment of Foot.

Browne retired from the British Army on half-pay in 1851 and shortly took up an appointment as Governor of the island of Saint Helena. He served in this capacity from July 1851 to December 1854, and during this time worked towards improving the island's water supply.

Marriage
In 1851 Browne married Harriet Louisa Campbell. His wife was a considerable support to his political career. She was over 20 years his junior and was well read, socially accomplished with a pleasant personality, and had an excellent understanding of the political environment in which she and her husband circulated. In addition to her influence over Browne, her hospitality and contribution to the social and cultural life during Browne's placements assisted him in influencing others to support his political views.

Governor of New Zealand
In September 1855, Browne was appointed Governor of New Zealand, replacing Administrator Robert Wynyard. His handling of Māori land issues were a contributing factor in the outbreak of the First Taranaki War in a new phase of the New Zealand Wars: despite divisions among Waitara Māori over the ownership of land, Browne persisted with the purchase of the disputed Pekapeka block, further inflaming tensions between Māori and British settlers.

On 5 March 1860, Browne ordered the military occupation of the land, leading to the outbreak of war twelve days later. The following year, he negotiated a truce to end the fighting in the region. His governorship term ended in May 1861; rather than extend it, the Colonial Office in London replaced him with Sir George Grey.

The town of Gore, New Zealand was named after him.

Governor of Tasmania
In December 1861, Browne was appointed Governor of Tasmania. At the time, Tasmania was struggling economically and people were leaving for better employment prospects on the Australian mainland. To counter this, Browne implemented measures to encourage immigration. He also worked towards improving public education and training in the trades. A popular governor for most of his term, he lost goodwill when he displayed favouritism when filling a public service position. In January 1869, he left Australia for England. While in Melbourne, his point of departure from the country, his youngest child died.

Later life
After being appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1869, Browne, with the assistance of Edward Cardwell, the Secretary of State for War, was appointed Administrator of Bermuda. This was to help secure Browne a pension and he served in this capacity from May 1870 to April 1871.

Brown died in London on 17 April 1887. He was survived by his wife, Harriet Louisa Browne Campbell. The couple had several children; the eldest son, Harold Browne, also served in the British Army and fought in the Boer War of 1899–1900, and took part in the defence of Ladysmith. His daughter, Ethel, married Hugh Locke King who built the Brooklands motor racing circuit in England, while his youngest son, Wilfrid was the first Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman in South Africa.

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Talk:Tree pinning

When making this page it was not, nor is it, my intent to tell people HOW to "pin" a tree. It was and is my intent only to tell people WHAT "tree pinning" is. This holds true to for billboarding and ecodefense: purely descriptive, nothing more. Desertphile 06:03 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * What's the difference between tree spiking and tree pinning?

Exactly my question also. This article tells nothing about what exactly "Tree pinning" is, I've just read the Tree spiking article, and it seems to accurately describe what it is. The same cannot be said about this article, it really needs some improvement, so I've added an Expansion template to it. --Hibernian 02:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

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Truro (disambiguation)

Truro is the county town of Cornwall.

Truro may also refer to:

Places

 * Truro, South Australia
 * Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
 * Truro (UK Parliament constituency), Cornwall, England

United States

 * Truro, Illinois
 * Truro Township, Knox County, Illinois
 * Truro, Iowa
 * Truro, Massachusetts
 * Truro Township, Franklin County, Ohio
 * Truro Parish, Virginia
 * Truro Church (Fairfax, Virginia)

Transportation

 * HMCS Truro, a Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper
 * Truro (ship), a ship that carried the first batch of indentured Indian labourers to South Africa
 * HMS Truro (1919), British Royal Navy minesweeper
 * GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro, a Great Western Railway 4-4-0 steam locomotive, is claimed to be the first locomotive to have exceeded 100 MPH
 * Truro, a West Cornwall Railway locomotive

Other uses

 * Baron Truro, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
 * Thomas Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro (1856–1899), English first-class cricketer and barrister
 * Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1783–1855), English jurist and Lord Chancellor
 * Truro murders, a series of murders in South Australia named after the town near where the remains of the victims were dumped
 * A fictional Florida town in the 1980s TV series Flamingo Road

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Don Mueang International Airport

Don Mueang International Airport (ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง,, , or colloquially as สนามบินดอนเมือง, ) , known as Bangkok International Airport before 2006, is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, the other being Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK).

The airport is considered one of the world's oldest international airports and one of Asia's oldest operating airports. It officially opened as a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) base on 27 March 1914, although it had been in use earlier. Commercial flights began in 1924, making it one of the world's oldest commercial airports. The airport consists of Terminal 1 for international flights and Terminal 2 for domestic flights, which are connected by a unique glass exterior elevated walkway. The airport also featured an exterior walkway connected to the Amari hotel. The first commercial flight was an arrival by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

In September 2006, Don Mueang Airport was closed and replaced by the new Suvarnabhumi Airport, before reopening on 24 March 2007 after renovations. Since the opening of the new airport, Don Mueang has become a regional commuter flight hub and the de facto low-cost airline hub. In 2015, it became the world's largest low-cost carrier airport. It still maintains its position as the second-busiest airport in the country.

Don Mueang previously carried the IATA airport code BKK, which was reassigned to Suvarnabhumi, and was an important hub of Asia and the hub of Thai Airways International prior to its closure. At its peak, it served most air traffic for the entire country, with 80 airlines operating 160,000 flights and handling over 38 million passengers and 700,000 tons of cargo in 2004. It was then the 14th-busiest airport in the world and second in Asia by passenger volume. Currently, Don Mueang is the main operating base for Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, and Thai Lion Air.

History
"Don Mueang" airfield was the second established in Thailand, after Sa Pathum airfield, which is now Sa Pathum horse racing course, known as the Royal Bangkok Sports Club. The first flights to Don Mueang were made on 8 March 1914 and involved the transfer of aircraft of the Royal Thai Air Force. Three years earlier, Thailand had sent three army officers to France to train as pilots. On completion of their training in 1911, the pilots were authorized to purchase eight aircraft, four Breguets and four Nieuports, which formed the basis of the Royal Thai Air Force. Sa Pathum airfield was established in February 1911 with an arrival by Orville Wright, seven years after the invention of the first airplane by the Wright brothers on 17 December 1903. In 1933, the airfield was the scene of heavy fighting between royalists and government forces during the Boworadet Rebellion. The airfield was used by the occupying Japanese during World War II, and was bombed and strafed by Allied aircraft on several occasions.

After the war had finished in September 1945, the airfield was occupied by the RAF during the brief British occupation of Thailand until March 1946 when 211 Squadron, which moved there in October 1945, was disbanded.

In May 2005, Thai Airways International introduced nonstop service between Bangkok and New York City using Airbus A340-500s.

Closure
The night of 27–28 September 2006 was the official end of operations at Don Mueang airport. The last commercial flights were:
 * International departure: Although scheduled for Kuwait Airways KU414 to Kuwait at 02:50, Qantas flight QF302 to Sydney, originally scheduled for 18:00, was delayed for more than nine hours before finally taking off at 03:12, about ten minutes after the Kuwait flight. Qantas claimed that QF302 was an extra flight.
 * International arrival: Kuwait Airways from Jakarta at 01:30
 * Domestic departure: Thai Airways TG124 to Chiang Mai at 22:15 (coincidentally, when Thai moved domestic operations back to Don Mueang again on 28 March 2009, their last departure was also a 22:15 flight to Chiang Mai)
 * Domestic arrival: Thai Airways TG216 from Phuket at 23:00

Before the opening of Suvarnabhumi, the airport used the IATA airport code BKK and the name was spelled "Don Muang". After Suvarnabhumi opened for commercial flights, the spelling was changed and as "Don Mueang" it assigned the new IATA airport code DMK, though it still retains the ICAO airport code VTBD. The traditional spelling is still used by many airlines and by most Thais.

Reopening
Commercial carriers deserted Don Mueang at the opening of Suvarnabhumi Airport. But the higher operating costs of the new airport and safety concerns over cracked runways at the new airport caused many to seek a return to Don Mueang. Low-cost airlines led demands for a reopening of the airport. Airports of Thailand released a report at the end of 2006 which furthered this effort. The report proposed reopening DMK as a way to avoid or delay second-stage expansion which had been planned for Suvarnabhumi.

On 30 January 2007, the Ministry of Transport recommended temporarily reopening Don Mueang while touch up work proceeded on some taxiways at Suvarnabhumi. The recommendation was subject to approval by the Thai cabinet. On 25 March 2007, the airport officially reopened for some domestic flights.

Because of the 2011 Thailand floods that affected Bangkok and other parts of Thailand, the airport was closed as flood waters flowed onto the runways and affected the lighting. Don Mueang reopened on 6 March 2012.

On 16 March 2012, the Government of Thailand under Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered all low-cost, chartered, and non-connecting flights to relocate to Don Mueang. This ended the single-airport policy. Airports of Thailand was ordered to encourage low-cost carriers to shift to Don Mueang to help ease congestion at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Suvarnabhumi Airport was designed to handle 45 million passengers per year, but it processed 48 million in 2011 and the number was expected to reach 53 million in 2012. Some ten airlines may relocate to Don Mueang. Budget airline Nok Air is already serving flights from and to Don Mueang. Nok Air handles about four million passengers per year. Orient Thai Airlines and Thai AirAsia have also started operations at Don Mueang. Thai AirAsia carried 7.2 million passengers in 2011. The number is projected to grow to eight million in 2012.

Expansion
As of 2012, Terminal 1 is capable of handling 18.5 million passengers annually. On 7 September 2013, Airports of Thailand announced its three billion baht renovation to reopen Terminal 2 as early as May 2014. Terminal 1's passengers in 2013 will likely reach 16 million against its capacity of 18.5 million. Completion of Terminal 2 in December 2015 increases Don Mueang's passenger capacity to 30 million a year.

The third phase of Don Mueang's 36.8 billion baht expansion is scheduled to start in the second half of 2023 and will be completed in 2029. It aims to increase the airport's passenger capacity to 50 million per year.

On 7 September 2022, an Airbus A380 made an emergency landing on runway 21R at Don Mueang.

Terminals
Don Mueang International Airport has three terminals. Terminal 1 is used for international flights and Terminal 2 for domestic flights. The opening of Terminal 2 has raised the airport's capacity to 30 million passengers per year.

Terminal 3, the old domestic terminal, has been abandoned since 2011. The new Terminal 3 will have a capacity of 20 million passengers yearly and is scheduled to be completed by 2029. The 36.8 billion baht project will raise overall airport capacity from 30 to 50 million annually.

Statistics
In 2019, the airport reached its full capacity of 52 flights per hour or about 700–800 flights per day. By the end of 2019, it is expected to top its maximum passenger handling capacity of 40 million. Airport manager AoT forecasts 41 million passengers in 2020 and 45 million by 2023. The airport was designed to serve a maximum of 30 million passengers annually. Building additional runways is not possible. AoT is encouraging airlines to use wide-body aircraft at Don Mueang to increase passenger loads from 100–200 passengers to about 300 per aircraft.

Passenger figures
Total passenger traffic through Don Mueang jumped 40.7 percent to 30.3 million in 2015, with international numbers rising 53.1 percent to 9.17 million and domestic passengers increasing 35.9 percent to 21.1 million. Aircraft movements rose by 29.8 percent to 224,074, including 158,804 domestic (up 26.2 percent) and 65,270 international (up 39.3 percent).

Other facilities

 * The following companies had head offices on the airport property, before ceasing operations: Siam Air and R Airlines
 * Don Mueang International Airport is a joint-use facility, shared with the Royal Thai Air Force's (RTAF) Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base, and is the home of the RTAF 1st Air Division, which consists primarily of non-combat aircraft.
 * A RTAF golf course is located between the two runways. The course has no separation from the runway, and golfers are held back by a red light whenever planes land.

Flight

 * 25 December 1976 – EgyptAir Flight 864, a Boeing 707-300 bound for Bangkok from Cairo, crashed into an industrial area near the airport during a landing attempt. All 53 aboard were killed.
 * 27 April 1980 – Thai Airways Flight 231, a BAe 748 which was en route from Khon Kaen to Bangkok, lost altitude during a thunderstorm and crashed about 13 km from Bangkok International Airport. All four crew members and 40 of the 49 passengers were killed.
 * 1 April 1981 – Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus) raided hijacked Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 which was en route from Palembang to Polonia Airport (hijacked in Indonesian airspace). All 48 passengers safe, seven fatalities (one commando, one co-pilot, five terrorists). Imran bin Muhammad Zein, hijacker leader, captured.
 * 9 September 1988 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashed while on approach to Don Mueang International Airport. 76 of the 90 passengers and crew on board were killed.
 * 26 May 1991 – Lauda Air Flight 004, a Boeing 767-300ER (registered OE-LAV, named Mozart) which was headed to Vienna, suffered an in-flight deployment of the thrust reverser on the No. 1 engine after taking off from Don Mueang. All 223 people on board were killed.
 * 21 January 1992 – Douglas VC-47D L2-41/15/210 of the Royal Thai Air Force was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident.
 * 23 September 1999 – Qantas Flight 1, in what was then the most serious incident in the airline's famously safe jet aircraft history, a Boeing 747-400 overshot the runway causing significant damage but no casualties.
 * 3 March 2001 – Thai Airways International Flight 114, a Boeing 737-400 (registered HS-TDC, named Narathiwat), bound for Chiang Mai from Bangkok, was destroyed by an explosion and fire that occurred about 35 minutes before Thaksin Shinawatra, later to become Prime Minister of Thailand, and about 150 other passengers were to board. Five members of the cabin crew were aboard, and one was killed. Witnesses said they heard an explosion before flames erupted aboard the aircraft. Subsequently, NTSB investigators reported that the central fuel tank had exploded followed by the right tank 18 minutes later. The cause for the explosion was unclear, though some speculate it was an assassination attempt based on chemicals found during the subsequent investigation.

Ground

 * 29 June 2023 – At 8.30 am a 57-year-old female had her bag trapped at the end of moving walkway in the south corridor of the departures level in the domestic terminal. CCTV footage showed the bag hitting the woman's left leg which was followed by in the floor surface sinking, pulling her left leg into the roller mechanism. The woman was sent to Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital where she later received an above-knee amputation due to her wounds. Later investigation revealed 3 out of 4 screws fixing the moving walkway base had become loose and disappeared, resulting in inadequate weight bearing and sinking of the walkway surface. This was not the first incident as there had initially been reports of people having their sandals trapped and shredded in the airport's walkways. The investigation team concluded a negligence in the maintenance of the walkways and dismissed 68 airport officials including the airport director.

Transfer to/from Suvarnabhumi Airport
Don Mueang International Airport is approximately 1–1.5 hours from Suvarnabhumi Airport by rail or bus. There are also direct buses between the airports operated by Airport Shuttle Bus.

Road
The airport has two main access routes. Among these the most convenient route is via the Don Mueang Tollway. Another main airport entrance is Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.

Four bus routes service the airport, route A1 runs between the airport and Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak), route A2 runs between the airport and Victory Monument, route A3 runs between the airport and Lumphini Park, and route A4 runs between the airport and Sanam Luang.

Rail
Don Mueang International Airport is served by the SRT Dark Red Line and the State Railway of Thailand intercity services at Don Mueang railway station that connects to central Bangkok at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal.

AOT plans to build a three-kilometre monorail to link the airport with the BTS Green Line. Approval of the three billion baht project is expected by the end of 2020.

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Petit jury

In common law, a petit jury (or trial jury; pronounced or, depending on the jurisdiction) hears the evidence in a trial as presented by both the plaintiff (petitioner) and the defendant (respondent). After hearing the evidence and often jury instructions from the judge, the group retires for deliberation, to consider a verdict. The majority required for a verdict varies. In some cases it must be unanimous, while in other jurisdictions it may be a majority or supermajority. A jury that is unable to come to a verdict is referred to as a hung jury. The size of the jury varies; in criminal cases involving serious felonies there are usually 12 jurors, although Scotland uses 15. A number of countries that are not in the English common law tradition have quasi-juries on which lay judges or jurors and professional judges deliberate together regarding criminal cases. However, the common law trial jury is the most common type of jury system.

In civil cases many trials require fewer than twelve jurors. Juries are almost never used in civil cases outside the United States and Canada. Other states with a common law tradition sometimes use them in defamation cases, in cases involving a governmental eminent domain power, and in cases involving alleged wrongful conviction. Civil law countries generally do not use civil juries. Civil juries are available in the United States and Canada in almost all cases where the only remedy sought is money damages.

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Talk:The London Free Press

I thought I should mention this - when I created the article, I envisioned it being somewhat longer, because I assumed I would fill it up with info from the books at the Free Press library. But when I actually looked there, I found that despite having a lot of local history books, there are none about the history of the Free Press itself. I'm not sure how many people are going to read this article anyway, but it still could be longer...if any of the other Western Ontario-area people know any more, that would probably help. Sorry! Adam Bishop 06:18 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

The late Orlo Miller wrote a quasi-history of The Free Press in 1949 called a Century of Southwestern Ontario.

Regarding the cited circulation of 650,000 (weekly? paid?), I edited to reflect the daily average circulation of 125,000, although even that figure is likely too high.

Sunday    -  approx. 50,000 Monday    -  approx. 70,000 Tuesday   -  approx. 70,000 Wednesday -  approx. 75,000 Thursday  -  approx. 80,000 Friday    -  approx. 85,000 Saturday  -  approx. 150,000

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Talk:Ecodefense

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A blurb on the ethics of Ecodefense might be in order. I dunno if it should or not--- one must avoid appearing to advocate instead of define and describe. Hummm. What to do, what to do.....

Since ecodefense is performed in the defense of all life, it is therefore not violent. This should be mentioned. I mentioned this in the monkeywrenching entry, but it should probably be stressed in ecodefense as well: the former is a subset of the latter, but the former is also independant of the latter. There's a hell of a lot of people engaging in monkeywrenching who are anti-life, anti-environment, and crazy: the CIA performed monkeywrenching in Central and South America. This faucet of monkeywrenching should probably be added to the monkeywrenching page. Hummm. I'll have to give it some thought. Desertphile 06:21 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Those last two paragraphs don't seem up to standard. -04:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.4.175.201 (talk)

Problems with this article
This article uses the word "ecodefense" in two ways: one, as the title of a book, and two, as some kind of activity. It gives several examples of this activity, but doesn't actually define it. What is ecodefense?

This article is also confusing in combination with the "ecotage" article. That article says "Ecotage is also referred to as ecodefense or monkeywrenching." whereas this article says "Monkeywrenching is a form of ecodefense." Are these three terms equivalent? Is any one of them broader in scope than the other two? Please, somebody resolve this confusion. Perhaps some merging of articles is called for.

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1982 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1982.

January

 * January 2 - Abu Dhabi opens a new airport. The old one at Bateen is replaced.
 * January 8 – The Airbus A300 is certified, becoming the first wide-body airliner with cockpit accommodations for only two to be certified.
 * January 10 – A Gulfstream III, Spirit of America, flies around the world in just 43 hours 39 minutes and 6 seconds, becoming the fastest business jet to fly around the world.
 * January 11 – In the Iran–Iraq War, Iraqi Air Force aircraft hit the Panamanian cargo ship Success with two missiles in the Persian Gulf. Her crew abandons ship.
 * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737-222, strikes the 14th Street Bridge and crashes into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., shortly after takeoff during a snowstorm from Washington National Airport in Crystal City, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. Seventy-four of the 79 people on board die and all five survivors are injured; four people die and five are injured in cars on the bridge. Television cameras capture the dramatic rescue of the five survivors from the frozen river by police helicopters.
 * January 18 – While practicing a line-abreast loop at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field in Nevada, four T-38 Talons of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds air demonstration team crash, killing all four pilots. It remains the worst accident involving show aircraft in Thunderbirds history. The Thunderbirds' entire 1982 season will be cancelled, and their next performance will not take place until the spring of 1983, 18 months after their last one.
 * January 22 – An F/A-18 Hornet makes a fully automated landing, its autopilot linked to a ground radar at Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River, Maryland.
 * January 23 – Landing on an icy runway at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, World Airways Flight 30, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 carrying 212 people, is unable to stop before sliding off the end of the runway. Its pilots steer it off the runway, and it skids into Boston Harbor, where its cockpit and forward galley separate from the passenger cabin and three passengers seated in the first row are thrown into the water; two of them are never found. All others aboard survive, including actress Justine Shapiro.
 * January 27 – Cessna delivers its 1,000th business jet, a Citation II.

February

 * February 3 – The Mil Mi-26 helicopter lifts a load weighing 57 metric tons to 2,000 m to break a world record for a helicopter.
 * February 6 – Freddie Laker's Laker Airways flies for the last time.
 * February 9 – Japan Airlines Flight 350, a Douglas DC-8, crashes into Tokyo Bay while on approach to Tokyo International Airport, killing 24 of the 174 passengers on board. The probable cause of the accident was cited as a possible breakdown by captain Seiji Katagiri, who had mental problems. After this accident, a requirement was established for every airline pilot to undergo mental as well as physical testing.
 * February 25 – American Airlines announces it will cancel its orders for 15 Boeing 757s.

March

 * March 11 – Widerøe Flight 933, a de Havilland Canada Twin Otter, crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway, killing all 15 people on board. Official investigation concludes that clear-air turbulence caused structural failure to the aircraft's tail, but others believe that an off-course Royal Air Force Harrier jet collided with the Twin Otter during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise.
 * March 19 – While Ozzy Osbourne's band bus is pulled over for repairs in Leesburg, Florida, during a tour, the bus's driver – a former commercial pilot – takes band members and staff up for joyrides in a Beechcraft Bonanza F35 he had taken from an adjacent airport without permission. On the second flight, he begins to make low passes over the tour bus; on the third pass, the Bonanza's wing strikes the top of the bus, causing the plane to hit a tree and crash into the garage of a nearby mansion, where it bursts into flames, killing all three people on the plane. Guitarist Randy Rhoads is among the dead.
 * March 20 – A Garuda Indonesia Fokker F-28 Fellowship overruns the runway and crashes on landing in very heavy rain at Tanjung Karang-Branti Airport at Bandar Lampung on Sumatra in Indonesia, killing all 27 people on board.
 * March 22 – In the Iran–Iraq War, Iran launches its Fath al-Mubin offensive. Until it winds down a week to ten days later, Iraqi and Iranian planes and helicopters support the ground forces involved, but are generally ineffective. Iraqi Air Force fighters fly up to 150 sorties a day.

April

 * Doubting the loyalty of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force to Iran's Islamic regime, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini again replaces its commander.
 * April 1 – Air France flies the Concorde to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and Caracas, Venezuela for the last time.
 * April 2 – The Falklands War begins as Argentina invades the Falkland Islands and South Georgia Island.
 * April 5 – Royal Navy aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible depart the United Kingdom for the Falkland Islands.
 * April 7 – Austrian race car driver and motor sports journalist Harald Ertl is killed when a Beechcraft Bonanza piloted by his brother-in-law suffers engine failure and crashes near Giessen, West Germany. Ertl's brother-in-law and niece also die, although his wife and son survive the crash.
 * April 21–25 – Helicopters play a major role as British forces recapture South Georgia Island from Argentine forces.
 * April 27 – CAAC Flight 3303, a Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E, crashes into a mountain near Yangsuo, China, while on approach to Guilin Qifeng Airport in heavy rain. All 112 people on board die. The Chinese media report that the plane, which had taken off in Guangzhou, crashed when the pilot attempted to fight off an armed hijacker.
 * April 29 – An Avro Vulcan bomber deploys to Ascension Island as part of the Falklands War build-up of British forces in the South Atlantic Ocean.
 * April 30
 * Iran begins a major ground offensive to recapture Khorramshar from Iraq. In fighting that lasts until May 24, Iraqi aircraft fly up to 100 sorties per day, but usually attack Iranian forces in groups that are too small and arrive too late to be effective.
 * The United Kingdom declares an air blockade of the Falkland Islands.

May

 * The Islamic regime in Iran blames a minor coup attempt against it on the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. In May and June, British BAE Sea Harriers destroy 23 Argentinian Air Force aircraft without any air-to-air combat loss to themselves.
 * May 1
 * A Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bomber based on Ascension Island attacks the airfield at Port Stanley on East Falkland Island. It is the first strike of Operation Black Buck, a series of five very-long-range missions to strike Argentinian positions in the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands. Each mission requires a 16-hour round trip of almost 8,000 nautical miles (9,200 statute miles; 15,000 km); they are the longest bombing missions in world history up to that time, and are not exceeded in distance and duration until the 1991 Gulf War.
 * BAE Sea Harriers attack Falklands targets for the first time and shoot down two Argentine Mirage III fighters. They are the first air-to-air kills of the Falklands War.
 * American Airlines launches AAdvantage, the first frequent flyer program in history. United Airlines launches its own program, Mileage Plus, only a week later.
 * May 3 – Iraq shoots down an aircraft bound for Tehran, Iran, carrying Algerian Foreign Minister Mohammed Seddik Benyahia and 12 of his colleagues. The incident ends an Algerian attempt to mediate between Iran and Iraq and bring an end to the Iran–Iraq War.
 * May 4
 * Argentinian Navy Super Étendard aircraft fatally damage the British destroyer Sheffield with an Exocet missile southeast of the Falkland Islands. Sheffield sinks on May 10.
 * The British lose their first Sea Harrier of the Falklands War, shot down by anti-aircraft artillery during a bombing raid over Goose Green on East Falkland Island. The pilot is killed.
 * May 7 – The Air Transport Group of the Government of Australia′s Department of Transport becomes a separate government department in its own right as the Department of Aviation, serving as Australia′s national civil aviation authority.
 * May 12 – Facing bankruptcy and the threat of a pilots' strike, Braniff International Airways ceases operations and its president, Howard D. Putnam, announces that the airline has filed for protection under bankruptcy laws and grounded its fleet of 71 aircraft. The final flight in Braniff's 52-year history, Flight 501 from Honolulu, operated by a Boeing 747, arrives at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on the morning of May 13, bringing the airline's operational history to an end.
 * May 18 – American Airlines flies its one millionth passenger.
 * May 20
 * Iraqi Air Force aircraft raid Kharg Island and Shiraz in Iran, but inflict little damage.
 * Frontier Airlines adds the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 to its fleet. The other jet it operates is the Boeing 737-200.
 * May 21 – British ground troops begin landing at San Carlos on East Falkland Island, and the Argentinian Air Force begins a seven-day-long bombing campaign against British ships in Falkland Sound and San Carlos Water; it will be the Royal Navy's largest combat engagement since the end of World War II in August 1945. On the first day, the Argentinians sink the British frigate HMS Ardent (F184) but lose 16 aircraft.
 * May 22 – The Principe de Asturias becomes the first aircraft carrier to be launched in Spain.
 * May 23 – Argentina loses seven aircraft during raids against British warships in Falkland Sound and San Carlos Water.
 * May 24
 * The last service by a British Airways Boeing 707, from Cairo to London, is performed.
 * Argentinian A4B Skyhawks sink the British frigate HMS Antelope (F170) in Falkland Sound.
 * Two Fleet Air Arm Sea Harriers of No. 800 Squadron aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (R12) attack four Argentinian Dassault Mirage 5 fighter-bombers off the Falkland Islands and use AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles to shoot down three of them in less than five seconds.
 * May 25
 * North of the Falkland Islands, Argentinian Air Force A-4 Skyhawk bombers sink the British destroyer HMS Coventry (D118) with two 1,000 lb bomb hits and two Argentinian Navy Super Étendard strike aircraft sink the container ship SS Atlantic Conveyor with two Exocet anti-ship missile hits. Eleven helicopters are lost aboard Atlantic Conveyor.
 * An RAF Jaguar of 14 Squadron crashes in farmland approximately 35 miles from its base, RAF Brüggen in Germany, having been hit by an AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missile accidentally fired by an RAF McDonnell Douglas Phantom.
 * May 30 – Iraqi Air Force aircraft bomb the Iranian oil terminal at Kharg Island, seriously damaging the Turkish oil tanker Atlas.
 * May 31 – Frontier Airlines retires its Convair 580s from service.

June

 * June 2 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit hands down its landmark aviation ruling in Ferguson v. NTSB. The court finds that an airline pilot cannot claim protection from suspension or legal penalty under the "inadvertent and not deliberate" provision of the joint Federal Aviation Administration-National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aviation Safety Reporting System, even if he or she makes an "honest mistake", if that mistake constitutes "reckless conduct" on his or her part. The ruling coins the legal phrase "inadvertent and not deliberate actions cannot encompass reckless conduct" as a precedent for evaluating the actions of airline pilots.
 * June 3 – A Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bomber returning to Ascension Island after completing Operation Black Buck 6 in the Falkland Islands runs low on fuel when a probe breaks while it attempts to refuel from a tanker aircraft over the South Atlantic Ocean. Its crew declares an emergency and flies the bomber into Brazil's airspace. Brazilian Air Force fighter aircraft of the 1° Grupo de Aviação de Caça based at Santa Cruz Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro intercept the Vulcan and escort it to Galeão Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro, where the bomber and its crew are interned. The Vulcan and its crew will be released on 11 June.
 * June 4 – The Israeli Air Force conducts large-scale raids against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) targets in Lebanon, including the PLO's headquarters and military depots in Beirut.
 * June 6
 * Iraqi Air Force aircraft carry out a missile attack on the Greek 26,000-gross-ton bulk carrier Good Luck in the Persian Gulf off the Iranian port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, damaging her and killing some of her crewmen and beginning a pattern of sporadic Iraqi air attacks against ships calling at that port.
 * Israel begins the 1982 Lebanon War against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Syria with Operation Peace for Galilee, an invasion of Lebanon. The Israeli Air Force supports the invasion with many attack sorties against little opposition. A PLO Strela 2 (NATO reporting name "SA-7 Grail") surface-to-air missile shoots down an Israeli A-4 Skyhawk, the only fixed-wing aircraft Israel will lose in combat during the main part of the air war, which will last until June 11.
 * The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cardiff (D108) mistakenly shoots down a British Army Air Corps Westland Gazelle helicopter with two Sea Dart surface-to-air missiles near Pleasant Peak on East Falkland Island, killing all four occupants of the helicopter.
 * June 7–8 – The Israeli Air Force encounters enemy air opposition for the first time in the 1982 Lebanon War and shoots down a Syrian Air Force MiG-23 (NATO reporting name "Flogger").
 * June 8
 * VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727-212A, crashes into a mountainside near Pacatuba, Brazil, while on approach to Fortaleza, killing all 137 people on board.
 * Argentine A4B Skyhawks destroy the British landing ship Sir Galahad and badly damage the landing ship Sir Tristram at Fitzroy on East Falkland Island, killing 51 men, 48 of them aboard Sir Galahad.
 * June 8–9 – In air-to-air combat over Lebanon, Israeli aircraft shoot down six Syrian MiG-23s over Beirut, Sidon, and Damour without loss to themselves.
 * June 9 – The Israeli Air Force begins a large-scale attack over the course of several hours against the 19 major Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley equipped with 2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name "SA-6 Gainful") missile systems, destroying 17 of them along with several S-75 Dvina (NATO reporting name "SA-2 Guideline") and S-125 Neva/Pechora (NATO reporting name "SA-3 Goa") surface-to-air missile batteries and much Syrian antiaircraft artillery in only 10 to 20 minutes of active combat. Around 50 Syrian fighter aircraft attempt to defend the missile sites, and about 100 Israeli aircraft engage them, shooting down 22 or 23 Syrian fighters and damaging seven others without any Israeli losses. In ground fighting, a significant number of Syrian attack helicopters and some Syrian fixed-wing aircraft attack Israeli ground forces in Lebanon.
 * June 10 – The Israeli Air Force shoots down 25 Syrian fixed-wing aircraft and three helicopters during the day and destroys two more Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries deployed to the Bekaa Valley as reinforcements. By the end of the day, Israeli Air Force aircraft have shot down 65 Syrian MiG-21 (NATO reporting name "Fishbed") and MiG-23 aircraft in air-to-air combat, without any Israeli losses.
 * June 11
 * Israeli Air Force aircraft shoot down 18 more Syrian fighters and attack aircraft, bringing the Syrian air-to-air losses to 79 to 82 aircraft in air-to-air combat without any Israeli aircraft being shot down by Syrian aircraft. Syria claims to have shot down 19 Israeli aircraft during the day despite its complete lack of success.
 * A British Westland Wessex helicopter fires two AS.12 air-to-surface missiles at the town hall in Stanley in the Falkland Islands in an attempt to kill or incapacitate Argentina's Military Governor of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands, Argentine Army Brigadier General Mario Benjamín Menéndez, during what the British believe to be his daily conference there. The strike fails when one missile malfunctions and the other misses the town hall and strikes the police station. No one is injured.
 * June 12 – Operation Black Buck concludes with the last of five very-long range strikes on the Falkland Islands by Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bombers.
 * June 14 – Argentinian forces on the Falkland Islands surrender to British forces, ending the Falklands War. During the war, the Argentines had lost 100 aircraft and 34 aircraft were lost by the British. Figures include direct combat losses, aircraft captured and aircraft lost aboard ships that were damaged or sunk and accidents.
 * June 20 – The Israel Defense Forces take control of Beirut International Airport in Lebanon.
 * June 21 – The Air India Boeing 707-437 Gouri Shankar, operating as Air India Flight 403, crashes while landing in a rainstorm at Sahar International Airport in Bombay, India, killing 17 of the 111 people on board.
 * June 24 – The Boeing 747-236B City of Edinburgh, operating as British Airways Flight 9 with 263 people on board, flies through a cloud of volcanic ash south of Java. All of its engines shut down, but the crew is able to restart them and make a safe landing at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Djakarta, Indonesia.
 * June 30
 * The Royal Australian Navy decommissions its last aircraft carrier, HMAS Melbourne (R21).
 * A Sri Lankan man hijacks an Alitalia Boeing 747-243B with 260 people on board flying from Delhi, India, to Bangkok, Thailand, claiming to have six accomplices on board and saying he will blow up the plane if he does not receive a US$300,000 ransom and is not reunited with his wife and child, who are in Italy. At Bangkok, he releases four passengers, then he releases another 139 when he is told that his wife and child are on their way to Bangkok; two additional passengers escape by jumping from the plane. After his wife and child board the plane and he receives the ransom, authorities allow the family to fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka, early on July 1. Sri Lankan authorities arrest the man on July 3.

July

 * July 2 – In the Lawnchair Larry flight, the homemade Inspiration I, consisting of a patio chair attached to 45 eight-foot (2.4-m) helium-filled weather balloons, lifts off from the back yard of a home in San Pedro, California, carrying American truck driver Larry Walters, whose plan is to drift at an altitude of about 30 ft for a few hours before using a pellet gun to shoot out some balloons and descend gradually. Instead, Inspiration I quickly ascends to an altitude of 16,000 ft. After drifting into controlled airspace near Long Beach Airport, he uses the pellet gun to shoot out several of his balloons before accidentally dropping the pellet gun overboard. He gradually descends, becomes entangled in power lines, climbs down safely, and is arrested.
 * July 3 – In Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces begin the organized Siege of Beirut. The Israeli Air Force begins harassing raids against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) forces and facilities in Beirut in support of the siege.
 * July 6 – After the engine fire warning lights illuminate for two of their Ilyushin Il-62's four engines shortly after takeoff from Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, the pilots of Aeroflot Flight 411 shut down the engines and attempt to return to the airport on their two remaining engines. The plane crashes in a field in Mendeleyevo, killing all 90 people on board. The engine fire warnings are later reported to have been false alarms.
 * July 9 – The Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-235 Clipper Defiance, operating as Flight 759, crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, immediately after takeoff from New Orleans International Airport, destroying six and severely damaging five houses. All 145 people on the plane and eight people on the ground die; a baby girl in one house survives in her crib, protected by debris from the fire started by the crash.
 * July 13 – United States Navy Reserve Lieutenant Commander Barbara Allen Rainey dies in the crash of a T-34C Mentor trainer aircraft at Middleton Field near Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, during a training flight. In February 1974, as Barbara Ann Allen, she had become the first female aviator in the United States Armed Forces.
 * July 18 – The Soviet Union claims that Syria has shot down 67 Israeli fighters during the 1982 Lebanon War. Actual Israeli Air Force fixed-wing aircraft losses to date total one, an A-4 Skyhawk shot down by a PLO missile.
 * July 21
 * Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force aircraft bomb Baghdad, Iraq.
 * In response to PLO attacks on Israeli positions, Israeli begins a series of major air and artillery attacks on West Beirut.
 * July 23 – During predawn filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie at Valencia, California, special-effects explosions damage the tail rotor of a Bell UH-1B Iroquois helicopter hovering 24 ft above actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. The helicopter crashes onto them, its main rotor decapitating Morrow and Dinh and one of its struts crushing Chen to death.
 * July 23–26 – The Israeli Air Force conducts major air raids against PLO targets in West Beirut.
 * July 24 – The Israeli Air Force destroys all three Syrian 9K33 Osa (NATO reporting name "Gecko") surface-to-air missile batteries in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, only a day after Syria had deployed them there. During the operation, Israel loses one F-4 Phantom II shot down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile, the second and last Israeli fixed-wing aircraft lost in action during the 1982 Lebanon War.
 * July 24–25 – A sabotage raid takes place at Gweru-Thornhill Air Base in Zimbabwe. One BAe Hawk, seven Hawker Hunters and one Cessna Skymaster was destroyed, with a further three Hawks and one Hunter badly damaged. Six officers of the Air Force of Zimbabwe are charged with assisting the attack, but are eventually cleared of all charges in court, and deported.
 * July 27 – The Israeli Air Force escalates its air campaign against the PLO in Beirut by beginning attacks on PLO-dominated residential areas in West Beirut.
 * July 28 – American contemporary Christian music pianist, singer, songwriter, and evangelist Keith Green is among 12 people killed in the crash of an overloaded Cessna 414 at Lindale, Texas. Green's two children and all eight members of another family are also among the dead.
 * July 28-August 3 – The Israeli Air Force conducts constant attacks on West Beirut.
 * July 29 – Mexican airline Mexicana de Aviación is nationalized.
 * July 31 – In air-to-air combat since the 1982 Lebanon War began on June 6, Israeli F-15 Eagle fighters have shot down 40 Syrian aircraft, F-16 Fighting Falcons have shot down 44, and F-4 Phantom IIs have shot down one, all without loss to themselves. About half the kills have been MiG-21s and the other half MiG-23s.

August

 * After a vote in the Israeli Knesset banning Israel's national airline, El Al, from flying on the Jewish Sabbath outrages secular Israelis, angry El Al employees block Orthodox and Hassidic Jews from entering the airport building at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
 * August 7 – Two members of the "Pierre Gulumian Commando" group of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) attack Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, detonating a bomb and then opening fire with submachine guns. Before police kill one of the attackers and wound and arrest the other after a two-hour shootout, nine people are killed and 72 injured.
 * August 9
 * Iraqi Air Force aircraft make a missile attack in the Persian Gulf off the Iranian port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, sinking the 15,000-gross-ton Greek cargo ship Lition Bride and damaging the South Korean bulk carrier Sanbow Banner beyond repair. Sanbow Banner suffers eight crewmen missing and one killed.
 * Israeli Air Force strikes against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) targets in West Beirut, Lebanon, continue despite a PLO agreement with intermediaries three days earlier to evacuate Beirut.
 * August 10 – The Israeli Air Force strikes Syrian 9K33 Osa (NATO reporting name "SA-8 Gecko") and 9K31 Strela-1 (NATO reporting name "SA-9 Gaskin") surface-to-air missile batteries in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, easily destroying them.
 * August 10–11 – The Israeli Air Force launches major attacks against PLO targets in West Beirut in response to what Israeli Minister of Defense Ariel Sharon claims was a PLO artillery attack on Israeli soldiers besieging Beirut. The Israeli Cabinet disagrees and orders that no further Israeli Air Force attacks on Beirut take place without its authorization.
 * August 11 – A terrorist bomb explodes under a seat cushion on board the Pan American World Airways Boeing 747-121 Clipper Ocean Rover, operating as Flight 830 from Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii, with 274 people on board. It kills a 16-year-old Japanese boy and injures 15 other people. The plane makes an emergency landing in Honolulu.
 * August 18 – Iraqi Air Force aircraft raid the Iranian oil terminal at Kharg Island.
 * August 25 – Iraqi aircraft again strike Kharg Island.
 * August 26 – Southwest Air Lines Flight 611, a Boeing 737-200 operated by what later becomes Japan Transocean Air, overruns the runway while landing at Ishigaki Airport in Japan. There are no fatalities, but 67 of the 138 on board are injured and the aircraft is destroyed by fire.
 * August 30 – An Israeli MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missile shoots down a Syrian MiG-25 (NATO reporting name "Foxbat") aircraft flying above 70,000 ft at a speed of Mach 2.5.
 * August 31 – The Israeli Air Force shoots down a Syrian MiG-25, raising the total number of Syrian aircraft lost in the 1982 Lebanon War to 88.

September

 * Fighting in the 1982 Lebanon War comes to an end by mid-month. Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft have shot down 82 Syrian Air Force aircraft – mainly MiG-21s and MiG-23s – without loss in air-to-air combat. Total losses for Israel come to one A-4 Skyhawk and one F-4 Phantom II (both shot down by surface-to-air missiles) and three helicopters, while Syria has lost 92 fighters and attack aircraft.
 * September 1–30 – H. Ross Perot, Jr., and Jay W. Coburn fly their Bell LongRanger II helicopter Spirit of Texas around the world in 29 days, 3 hours, and 8 minutes, leaving from and returning to Dallas, Texas. It is the first time a trip around the world by helicopter is completed.
 * September 4 – Iraqi Air Force aircraft make a missile attack on a convoy of 10 merchant ships escorted by Islamic Republic of Iran vessels in the Persian Gulf off the Iranian port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, scoring a direct hit on the engine room of Turkish bulk carrier Mars Transporter, damaging her beyond repair.
 * September 8–9 – The Israeli Air Force strikes Syrian 9K33 Osa (NATO reporting name "SA-8 Gecko") and 9K31 Strela-1 (NATO reporting name "SA-9 Gaskin") surface-to-air missile batteries in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, easily destroying them.
 * September 11 – A United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter (serial number 74-22292) crashes during an air show at Mannheim, West Germany, while carrying British, French, and German parachutists who planned to jump when the helicopter reached an altitude of 12,000 ft. All 46 people aboard die. The crash later is found to have been caused by an accumulation of ground walnut shells that had been used to clean the machinery.
 * September 13
 * The Israeli Air Force again easily destroys Syrian 9K33 Osa (Sa-8 Gecko) and 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin) surface-to-air missile batteries in the Bekaa Valley.
 * The flight crew of Spantax Flight 995, a chartered McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 with 394 people on board, aborts their takeoff at Málaga, Spain, after feeling a vibration and loses control of the aircraft, which rolls off the end of the runway, strikes vehicles while crossing a four-lane highway, and bursts into flames in a field. Fifty people on board die, as do three people in vehicles on the highway; 110 people on board the plane are injured.
 * September 14 – G-BDIL a Bell 212, crashed into the North Sea near the Murchison oil platform while on a nighttime search and rescue mission.
 * September 17 – Iraqi Air Force aircraft raid the Iranian oil terminal at Kharg Island.
 * September 18 – The first BAC One-Eleven assembled in Romania, a Series 560, flies for the first time.
 * September 22 – Armed with a knife, 37-year-old Igor Shkuro, who had been denied a visa to enter Algeria and was being returned to Italy, forces his way into the cockpit of Alitalia Flight 871 – a Boeing 727-243 with 109 people on board flying from Algiers to Rome – and hijacks the plane about 20 minutes after departure from Algiers. Holding the knife to the flight engineer′s throat, he demands to be flown to Malta, but after authorities deny the airliner permission to land there, he agrees to allow it to land at Catania, Sicily. After about 30 minutes, he allows the passengers and five of the eight crew members to disembark. Later, remaining crew members attack him and overpower him with the help of the police.
 * September 28 – The reverse thruster on the No. 1 engine of Aeroflot Flight 343, an Ilyushin Il-62M (registration CCCP-86470) with 77 people on board, fails to deploy as it lands at Luxembourg Findel Airport outside Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. The airliner yaws to the right and runs off the runway 1,300 m past the runway threshold, strikes a 1.3-meter-tall (4-foot-tall) building, and slides down a ravine before coming to rest 2,200 m past the runway threshold and 200 m to the right of the runway's centerline and catching fire. The crash kills seven people aboard the airliner, which is destroyed.

October

 * McDonnell Douglas delivers the final DC-9.
 * October 17 – EgyptAir Flight 771, a Boeing 707-366C (registration SU-APE), strikes the ground 50 m short of the runway while attempting to land at Cointrin Airport in Geneva, Switzerland, bounces, skids off the runway, rotates 270 degrees, and slides to a stop backwards after its right wing detaches. All 182 people on board survive.
 * October 28 – Air France flies its last Boeing 707 service, a flight from Tunis to Paris.
 * October 31 – Texas International Airlines merges with Continental Airlines, the combined airline retaining the identity of Continental.

November

 * A Boeing 757 sets a nonstop distance record for the type, flying 7,907 km from Tokyo to Seattle. The record will stand until July 1986.
 * November 4 – Pan American World Airways inaugurates service from Los Angeles to Sydney; at 7,487 mi, it is the longest non-stop flight in the world.
 * November 21 – Iraqi Air Force aircraft damage the Indian bulk carrier Archana in a missile attack in the Persian Gulf off the Iranian port of Bushehr, slightly damaging her.
 * November 23 – American minister, humorist, television personality, and author Grady Nutt is killed along with the other two people on board a chartered Beechcraft Baron 55 when it crashes on takeoff in rain and fog at Vinemont, Alabama.

December

 * December 3 – Trans World Airlines begins Boeing 767 service with a flight from Los Angeles to Washington Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.
 * December 7 – The Government of Pakistan establishes the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority to serve as Pakistan′s national civil aviation authority.
 * December 9 – Aeronor Flight 304, a Fairchild F-27, suffers an engine failure and crashes near La Florida Airport in La Serena, Chile, killing all 46 people on board.
 * December 18 – Iraqi Air Force aircraft make a missile attack on the Greek oil tanker Scapmount in the channel at the Iranian port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, setting her on fire and forcing her crew to abandon ship.
 * December 21 – Operating from the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California, an F-15A Eagle performs the first captive-carry test flight of an ASM-135 anti-satellite missile.

February

 * February 6 – Grob G 110
 * February 19 – Boeing 757 N757BA

March

 * March 8 – Quickie Free Enterprise
 * March 22 – Valmet PIK-23 Towmaster

April

 * April 3 - Airbus A310

June

 * June 12 - IAR-825 YR-IGB
 * June 14 - Beechcraft Lightning
 * June 18 – PZL-Mielec M-21 Dromader Mini

July

 * July 14 - Harbin Y-12
 * July 19 - Co Z Development Cozy

August

 * August 19 - Hawk GafHawk 125
 * August 30 - Northrop F-20 Tigershark 82-0062

September

 * Beechcraft Commuter Model 1900
 * September 25 – Ilyushin Il-102

October

 * October 5 - Boeing 747-300.
 * October 11 - HAL Ajeet Mk2 Trainer E2426

November

 * November 10 - Mil Mi-28

December

 * December 9 - Cessna 208 Caravan N208LP
 * December 23 - Short C-23 Sherpa G-BKMW
 * December 26 - Antonov An-124 Ruslan ("Condor")

Entered service

 * Mikoyan MiG-31 'Foxhound' with Soviet Air Force/V-PVO

January

 * January 6 – Westland 30 with British Airways Helicopters

July

 * Dornier 228 with Norving

December

 * Boeing 767 with United Air Lines

Deadliest crash
The deadliest crash of this year was Pan Am Flight 759, a Boeing 727 which crashed just after takeoff in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. on 9 July, killing all 145 people on board, as well as eight on the ground.

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Chiang Mai International Airport

Chiang Mai International Airport is an international airport in Suthep subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Mai district, Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. It is a major gateway that links northern Thailand to the rest of the region and is currently the fourth-busiest airport in the country. It is managed by the Airports of Thailand.

History

The airport was established in 1921 as Suthep Airport.

As a result of the temporary closure of Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2008 due to the protests, Chiang Mai became the alternative stop-over for China Airlines' Taipei-Europe flights and for Swiss International Air Lines' Singapore-Zurich flights in the interim. On 24 January 2011, the airport became a secondary hub for Thai AirAsia. The China Airlines flights are now regular flights.

Upgrades in 2014 included expanding the apron for larger planes, extending operating hours to 24/7 (effective April 2014), and enlarging the international arrival hall and domestic departure hall.

The Airports of Thailand expanded the terminal with upgrades in 2014 including expansion of the apron for larger planes, extending operating hours to 24/7 (effective April 2014), and enlarging the international arrival hall and domestic departure hall. As of 2018, 31 airlines operated at CNX, serving 11 million passengers, 78,210 flights and 14,612 tonnes of cargo.

Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of 316 m above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3100 x. There are two terminals, one for domestic passengers and the other for international flights.

title: Chiang Mai International Airport


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Hat Yai International Airport

Hat Yai International Airport (ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่, ) is in Khlong La subdistrict, Khlong Hoi Khong district, Songkhla province in southern Thailand, near the city of Hat Yai. It is under the management of Airports of Thailand, PLC (AOT). It serves more than 3 million passengers per year, 12,000 flights, and 3,000 tons of cargo, making it the fifth busiest airport in the country by passenger traffic in 2023.

Overview
At longitude 100° 23' 55" E and latitude 06° 55' 46" N, 28 m above sea level, the airport is 9 km east of downtown Hat Yai and 43 km east of Songkhla city. Highway 4135 (Sanambin Panij Road) links to the airport. Its service hours are 06:00–24:00. The runway can handle 30 flights per hour, and its durability is rated at PCN 60/F/C/X/T. There are seven taxiways and an apron area of 56,461 m2. Website name: hatyai.airportthai.co.th

Expansion
Expansion plans are in the works, as the airport is designed for 2.5 million passengers and was already seeing 4.5 million passengers in 2018. The upgrade will expand the airport's capacity to serve over 10 million passengers by 2030.

Accidents and incidents

 * During the 2005 Songkhla bombings, a bomb planted at the departure lounge by Pattani separatists exploded on 3 April 2005, killing two passengers and injuring ten.

title: Hat Yai International Airport