** Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

** Helios

** one of the four horses of Helios, alongside Erythreus, Acteon and Philogeus.

** “ Helios ,” written by Alan Grant, art by David Roach, in 2000 AD # 614 – 622 ( 1989 )

** Antiope, a consort of Helios and possible mother of Aeetes and Aloeus

** Notable professors: Jorge Gamarra, Alejandro Abal, Alberto Perez Perez, Dora Bagdassarian, Helios Sarthou, Carlos Delpiazzo, Gonzalo Fernandez, Daniel Ferrere.

** Helios 1B ( destroyed ), Helios 2A

** South African Airways Provincial Challenges ( 16 provincial teams and Namibia )

** Republic Airlines, a regional air carrier affiliated with US Airways

** TNT Airways ( part of TNT Express ), in Belgium and Papua New Guinea

** British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

** Virgin Atlantic Airways makes its inaugural flight.

** Zagreb mid-air collision: A British Airways Trident and a Yugoslav DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia ( now Croatia ), killing all 176 aboard.

** Thai Airways Flight 311 operated by Airbus A310-300 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.

** Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, a Douglas DC-8 operated by Canadian airline Nolisair, catches fire and crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 people on board.

** Pan American World Airways ends operations.

** Pan American Airways offers the first commercially scheduled 747 service from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.

** New Zealand National Airways Corporation the Domestic airline of New Zealand was merged with New Zealand's international airline, Air New Zealand.

** Braniff International Airways is declared bankrupt and ceases all flights.

** British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.

** Pan American Airways ( 1998 – 2004 ), the third airline with the same name

** Boston-Maine Airways, sister company to this airline, which operated service under the Pan Am Clipper Connection brand

** US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines ( Charlotte )

** Ghana Airways ' IATA code

** an airline brand operated by defunct regional airline Boston-Maine Airways for the airline holding company Pan Am Systems.

** XL Airways UK, a defunct British airline which was part of XL Leisure Group

** The Pan American World Airways Martin M-130 flying boat China Clipper, operating as Flight 161, strikes a blacked-out boat and crashes while landing at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, killing between 23 and 25 of the 30 people on board.

** While on approach to Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, Trans World Airways Flight 514, a Boeing 727-231, crashes into Mount Weather in Clarke County, Virginia, killing all 92 people on board and severing the underground main telephone line of the United States Governments Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, to which the crash brings undesired attention.

** British Overseas Airways Corporation

** Sportsflight Airways

** Flight dynamics, the science of aircraft and spacecraft design

** Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension: Select Essays 1944-1968 New World Library, 3rd ed.

** Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.

** TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes at Madeira Airport, Funchal, Portugal, killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors.

** Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia, killing all 100 passengers and crew on board.

** Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard ; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.

** Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into Mt.

** Korean Air Flight 801 crash lands west of Guam International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 228 people.

** An air crash in Indonesia ( likely caused by smoke rising from numerous forest fires in the area ) kills 235 people ( see Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 ).

** The U. S. Navy blimp L-8 ( Flight 101 ) comes ashore near San Francisco, eventually coming down in Daly City ( the crew is missing ).

** Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials, killing 73 people on board.

** 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.

** Faucett Flight 251 in route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near Arequipa ; all 123 people on board are killed.

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

** Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

** A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner ( Swissair Flight 111 ) crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en-route to Geneva ; all 229 people on board are killed.

** Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all on board ( the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history ).

** A lightning strike causes the crashing of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, killing 81 people.

** Cubana Flight 455 crashes due to a bomb placed by anti-Fidel Castro terrorists, after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados.

** American Airlines Flight 320, a Lockheed L-188 Electra heading from Chicago to New York City, crashes into the East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board.

** China General Aviation Flight 7552 bound for Xiamen crashes soon after taking off from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, killing 108 of the 116 people on board.

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