** The 1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Lusaka, Zambia kills all six on board.

** Beverly Lynn Burns becomes the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.

** Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete a merger.

** At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 ( a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 ( a Boeing 727 ) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers on Flight 1482.

** A Boeing 737 military jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

** Paris and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 ( Boeing 747 ) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board.

** An Aeroperú Boeing 757 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 on board.

** A Sabena Boeing 707 crashes near Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team and several coaches.

** A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey crashes in the Potomac River as it approached Marine Corps Base Quantico, killing all seven people on board.

** A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into the side of the mountains near the Venezuelan border, killing 143.

** United Airlines Boeing 737 from Washington National to Chicago Midway crashes short of the runway, killing 43 of 61 passengers and 2 people on the ground.

** A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.

** A USAir Boeing 737-300, Flight 1493 collides with a SkyWest Airlines Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport, killing 34.

** An American Airlines Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff at New York International Airport, after a rudder malfunction causes an uncontrolled roll, resulting in the loss of control of the aircraft, with the loss of all life on board.

** United Airlines Flight 227 a Boeing 727-22, crashes short of the runway and catches fire at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah.

** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria ; 176 people are killed.

** Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the ocean near Bombay, killing 213.

** Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a Boeing 737-200, crashes in Cranbrook, British Columbia, killing 44 of the 50 people on board.

** PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides with a small private airplane and crashes in San Diego, California ; 144 are killed.

** VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into forest Fortaleza, killing 137.

** Pan Am Flight 759 ( Boeing 727 ) crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 146 on board and 8 on the ground.

** NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.

** A Mexicana Boeing 727 jetliner crashes at Maravatio, Mexico, killing 173.

** The Boeing 767 airliner makes its first flight.

** The maiden flight of the Boeing 367-80 ( or Dash 80 ), prototype of the Boeing 707 series.

** 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown: Iranian helicopters stray into Soviet airspace and are shot down.

** Chinookan languages, in specific, Coastal Chinook and Upper Chinook

** Sandusky Middle School-805 Chinook Place

** 5 Chinook HC2s of No. 18 Squadron RAF

** Chinook Wing

** Chinook ( renamed MV Golden Gate )

** List of Chinook Jargon placenames

** Chinook

** July-Three Chinook helicopters of 27 Squadron deployed to RAF Akrotiri to evacuate British citizens from Lebanon.

** Audit Bureau of Circulations ( UK )

** Abingdon ( UK Parliament constituency )

** UK — voltage remains at 25 kV AC — voltage change 750 V DC third rail ( The Southern Region ).

** via BBC News Online ( available to UK viewers only-TV Licence required )

** via BBC iPlayer ( available to UK viewers only-TV Licence required )

** Blissymbol Communication UK

** The Commonwealth — UK government site

** Christchurch ( UK Parliament constituency ), England, centered on the town

** Down ( UK Parliament constituency )

** Qualified accountant: Chartered Accountant ( ACA-UK certification / CA-certification in Commonwealth countries ), Chartered Certified Accountant ( ACCA, UK certification ), Certified Public Accountant ( CPA, US certification ), ACMA / FCMA ( Associate / Fellow Chartered Management Accountant ) from Chartered Institute of Management Accountant ( CIMA ), UK.

** Mole Valley ( UK Parliament constituency )

** The Mole ( UK TV series ) UK version

** Lighter 928 CS " Club Sport " version available in Continental Europe and USA, 928 SE ( S4 Sport ) in UK.

** Only model year for " CS " ( USA ) and " SE " ( UK ).

** Survivor ( UK TV series )

** In the UK, a protective trust is a life interest which terminates on the happening of a specified event such as the bankruptcy of the beneficiary or any attempt by him to dispose of his interest.

** In the UK a bare or simple trust is one where the beneficiary has an immediate and absolute right to both the capital and income held in the trust.

** U. K. ( album ), the debut, self-titled album from the band UK

** Victoria University, Leeds, a former College of the federal Victoria University ( UK ), now University of Leeds

** Victoria University, Liverpool, a former College of the federal Victoria University ( UK ), now University of Liverpool

** Victoria University of Manchester, a former College of the federal Victoria University ( UK ), now merged into the University of Manchester

** Black tie (" dinner jacket " in the UK ; often referred to as a " tuxedo " in the US ; traditionally appropriate only for use after 6: 00 p. m., but also seen in daytime, especially in the United States )

** Waterloo ( UK Parliament constituency )