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U.S.S. Boston, first guided-missile cruiser, was placed in commission at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. November 1-3 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA . Conference on Aerodynamics of High-Speed Aircraft at Langley, at which Vernon J. Rossow presented paper on "Examples of Favorable Interference Effects on the Lift-Drag Characteristics of Aerodynamic Shapes at Supersonic Speeds."

Secretary of the Navy approved Naval Ordnance Test Station to be located on west coast and to be under cognizance of BuOrd. In December, its site was selected at Inyokern, China Lake, Calif.

Department of Aviation Medicine and Physiological Research was authorized at NAMC Philadelphia.

123,000 airplanes and 349,000 airplane motors were produced in the United States between May 1940 and this date.

First U.S. international passenger service started by Aeromarine West Indies Airways between Key West, Fla., and Havana, Cuba.

First engineer-in-charge appointed for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Leigh M. Griffith.

Robert H. Goddard successfully operated a liquid oxygen and gasoline rocket motor on a testing frame, both fuel components being supplled by pumps installed on the rocket.

First hydrogen device exploded at AEC Eniwetok proving ground. The Daily Express newspaper features an article on rockets and space stations.

A contract was signed by the University of Manchester, Manchester, England, and the Air Force AF 61(052)-168 for $21,509. Z. Kopal, principal investigator, was to provide topographical information on the lunar surface for production of accurate lunar maps. Kopal would work at the Pic-du-Midi Observatory in France, and the data would be transmitted to the Air Force Aeronautical Chart and ...

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