Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/July in aviation/July 26
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- 1972 - NASA announces Rockwell International as prime contractor for the Space Shuttle Orbiter
- 1955 - Capital Airlines adopts the Vickers Viscount, the first US airline to select a British airliner.
- 1954 - Soviet Air Force Lavochkin La-7s attack two US Navy A-1 Skyraiders searching for survivors from the Air Cathay flight. The Skyraiders respond and shoot down the La-7s
- 1918 - Maj Edward Mannock, Britain's highest scoring ace of the war, is shot down by German ground fire. He had scored 73 victories.
