1956 in aviation

Summary

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1956.

Years in aviation: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

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The deadliest crash of this year was the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision of 30 June, when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 collided with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over the Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S., killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft. At the time, this was the deadliest accident in civil aviation history. It is also the deadliest civil aviation crash of the 1950s decade; the 1953 Tachikawa air disaster had killed 129 people but involved a military aircraft. The deadliest single-aircraft accident was Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey, U.S. on 20 June, killing all 74 people on board.

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  • Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1956–57, New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956.
  • Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1957–58, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd., 1957.

Further reading edit

  • The 1956 Aircraft Year Book (PDF). Aerospace Industries Association.