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Physicist Martin Pomerantz announced at Swarthmore College that he had sent a flight of four free balloons, carrying cosmic ray equipment, to a record height of at least 127,000 feet. An extraordinary general meeting of the British Interplanetary Society to discuss fees. Max W. Wholey delivers paper entitled ''Conditions on the Surface of Mars'' at the meeting. The Yorkshire Post and Leeds ...

Comdr. T. Caldwell (USN) flew the Douglas D-558-I (No. 1) Sky-streak, powered by a General Electric TG-180 turbojet, to a new world's speed record of 640.7 mph. Five days later Maj. Marion Carl. USMC, added another 10 mph flying D-558-I (No. 2).

Dr. Hugh L. Dryden appointed Director of Aeronautical Research of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA , replacing Dr. George W. Lewis .

September 2-6: First Joint Technical Sessions by the Royal Aeronautical Society , Great Britain, and the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, held in London.

German V-2 missile V-2 rocket launched from U.S. aircraft carrier Midway in Atlantic tests, exploding prematurely after a 6-mile flight.

Air Force C-54 completed first transatlantic robot-controlled flight from Stephenville, Newfoundland, to Brize Norton, England, a distance of 2,400 miles.

First flight under ONR Project Skyhook , an unmanned plastic balloon, from St. Cloud, Minn. First successful firing of Applied Physics Laboratory Aerobee research rocket at White Sands Proving Ground .

Maj. Gen. William D. Kepner, was named chief of the new atomic energy division of the USAF.

Research and Development Board (RDB) of DOD superseded Joint Research and Development Board, with Vannevar Bush named as Chairman.

After completing studies, Project Rand reported that earth satellites were technically feasible. “Eclipse Hunting in Brazil's Ranchland” article appears in National Geographic Magazine

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