Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/August in aviation/August 7
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- 1980 - Janice Brown pilots the MacCready Gossamer Penguin on its first solar powered flight.
- 1980 - Aerolineas Argentinas and Iberia jointly inaugurate the world's longest non-stop air route, between Buenos Aires and Madrid
- 1964 - 7-9 - the Turkish Air Force strikes Greek positions on Cyprus
- 1951 - William Bridgeman sets a new airspeed record in the Douglas Skyrocket of Mach 1.88 (1,245 mph, 1,992 km/h).
- 1913 - Aviation pioneer Samuel Cody is killed in a crash
