2011 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2011:

Events

January

1 January
5 January
9 January
10 January
14 January
21 January
24 January
25 January

February

9 February
10 February
21 February
22 February
27 February
28 February

March

1 March
2 March
4 March
5 March
9 March
11 March
15 March
A United States Air Force F-22 Raptor flying over Edwards Air Force Base, California, on 18 March 2011 on a fuel consisting of a 50/50 blend of JP-8 conventional jet fuel and a biofuel.
17 March
18 March
19 March
20 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
26 March
28 March
28–29 March (overnight)
29 March
30 March
31 March

April

1 April
5 April
7 April
10 April
11 April
12 April
14 April
21 April
24 April
25 April
27 April
30 April

May

1–2 May (overnight)
2 May
7 May
11 May
13 May
17 May
19–20 May (overnight)
21 May
23 May
24 May
26 May
27 May
28 May
31 May

June

2 June
3 June
4 June
5 June
10 June
14 June
14–15 June (overnight)
15 June
16 June
19 June
20 June
21 June
29 June

July

2 July
10 July
12 July
17 July
22 July
23 July
25 July
30 July

August

1 August
3 August
5 August
9 August
12 August
15 August
16 August
17 August
20 August
22 August
25 August

September

2 September
4 September
7 September
14 September
16 September
26 September
27–28 September
30 September

October

10 October
11 October
16 October
21 October
23 October
26 October
31 October

November

1 November
2 November
13 November
18 November
26 November

December

1 December
4 December
10 December
13 December

First flights

January

February

March

April

June

October

December

Entered service

References

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  3. Hradecky, Simon (11 January 2011). "Accident: AirAsia A320 at Kuching on Jan 10th 2011, runway excursion on landing". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
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  5. Hradecky, Simon. "Incident: Etihad A346 near London on Jan 24th 2011, unruly passenger prompts fighter escort". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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  37. Marcus, Jonathan, "Libya: French Plane Fires on Military Vehicle," BBC News, 19 March 2011, 15:57 ET
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  51. "Libya Air Raid 'Killed Civilians'". BBC News. 31 March 2011.
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  121. Galloway, Gloria, "Conservatives to Restore 'Royal' Moniker' to Canada's Navy, Air Force," Toronto Globe and Mail, 15 August 2011.
  122. 1 2 "Libyan Rebels in Fight for Tripoli Airbase – Activist". Reuters. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  123. Windram, Robert, "Senior al-Qaida Leader Killed in Drone Strike in Pakistan, Jihadis, U.S. Officials Say," NBC News, December 7, 2012.
  124. Felix, Bate (22 August 2011). "Niger Launches Air Surveillance on Libyan Border". Reuters. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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  137. "Libya's NTC fighters stage final advance in Sirte holdout - CNN.com". CNN. 12 October 2011.
  138. Pflanz, Mike, "Al-Shabaab Warns Kenya of Reprisals if Somalia Deployment Continues," The Telegraph, October 17, 2011.
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  141. 1 2 "Boeing's Dreamliner completes first commercial flight". BBC News. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
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  145. Reuters, "Emirates Airline Places Big Order for Boeing Jets", newyorktimes.com, 13 November 2011
  146. Burruss, Logan, "Boeing sets record with $22 billion order," money.cnn.com, November 17, 2011, 1:23 PM EST.
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  148. Brulliard, Karin, and Joshua Partlow, "NATO Airstrike Strains U.S.-Pakistan Relations", washingtonpost.com, 27 November 2011.
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