board. 26 December – At around 6:00 pm local time, a Piper Aztec, registration N444DA, bound for Providenciales International Airport on the island of Providenciales crashes in shallow water off the coast of South Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands. All four people on board (the pilot and three passengers) die. 31 December – According to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, there were 283 incidents of lasers striking aircraft flying over the United States during 2005. First flights April 23 April – Cessna Citation Mustang 27 April – The first Airbus A380, registration F-WWOW, makes its maiden flight from Toulouse, France. May 5 May – Dassault Falcon 7X June 21 June – First captive flight of Boeing X-37 under the Scaled Composites White Knight July 20 July – Grob SPn September 30 September – ATG Javelin November 27 November – Hongdu L-15 Entered service December- F-22 Raptor with the 27th Fighter Squadron Retirements 27 July – Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was retired by the Italian Air Force, the final military user of the F104. References Aviation by year