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July 29

• 2002 - Vanguard Airlines ceases operations. The next day it files for reorganization under Chapter 11 of US bankruptcy law.

• 1959 - QANTAS introduces the Boeing 707 on its Sydney-San Francisco route, the first transpacific service flown by jet.

• 1952 - a USAF RB-45 Tornado makes the first non-stop crossing of the Pacific by jet

• 1950 - a BEA Vickers Viscount makes the first turboprop-powered passenger flight.

• 1930 - British airship R.100 makes a test flight to Montreal and back.