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Assignment of Navy medical officer to BuAer was approved for the purpose of establishing an Aviation Medical Research Unit.

First complete flights of jet-propelled aircraft mode secretly in Germany, a Heinkel 178 powered by the He S-3B jet engine, piloted by Erich Warsitz. Arthur C. Clarke attends a Science Fiction Association meeting. SFA

Stephen H. Smith of Calcutta India launches a six foot wide rocket aeroplane at Garia in India. The vehicle was reported to fly well before the engine burned through the control surfaces and it crashed.

Arthur C. Clarke writing to his friend Sam Youd in which he refers to the BIS moon ship as a "publicity drive". He also mentions that the newly revamped Novae Terrae now known as New Worlds is being printed at Clarke and Temple's flat in Grays Inn Road. New Worlds would go on to become one of the longest enduring science fiction magazines in Britain.

Navy "NC" flying boat development was initiated by Chief Constructor of the Navy, D. W. Taylor, in a memo outlining general requirements of such an aircraft to combat the submarine menace and "to fly across the Atlantic to avoid difficulties of delivery, etc." Acting Secretary of the Navy, F. D. Roosevelt, authorized development of "NC" flying boats capable of flying the Atlantic. 12-cylinder ...

First daily commercial air service, London to Paris, begun by British Airco DH-4a.

JN training plane with large parachute floated deadstick down to a rough landing and some damage, at San Diego Naval Air Station.

The first wholly automatic landings in history were made at Wright Field by Capt. Carl J. Crane, inventor of the system; Capt. George Holleman, pilot; and Raymond K. Stout, project engineer.

NASA Western Operations Office Santa Monica, Calif., made responsible for liaison, administrative, and management support west of Denver, Colo., for rapidly expanding NASA research and development activities. Reflected signals off the moon successfully received at the University of Texas from the Royal Radar Establishment at Malvern, England. S. Rept. 806, Committee on Aeronautical and Space ...

A liquid fueled rocket built by the American Rocket Society explodes at Yonkers New York. Police are called to the scene but do not interfere. This was the first test using alcohol in the United States rather than gasoline. John Shesta and Alfred Africano were present at the failed launch. ''New York Times''

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