Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/July in aviation/July 7
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- 1981 - Stephen Ptacek flies a solar-powered aircraft Solar Challenger across the English Channel, taking a little over five hours.
- 1962 - a Soviet Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 sets a new airspeed record of 2,681 km/h (1,666 mph)
- 1929 - Transcontinental Air Transport commences a regular service transporting passengers right across the United States in 48 hours, using a combination of trains and aircraft for different legs of the journey.
