June 1941

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Col. Donald J. Keirn of Wright Field sent to England to study Gloster jet aircraft and its Whittle-I engine. AAP decision to produce Whittle engine made in September, and the XP-59 flew a year later.

Old Fireball a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in Astounding Science Fiction magazine.