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November 28-29: First flight over South Pole, by Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, in a Ford trimotor piloted by Bernt Balchen, from Little America.

First pursuit aircraft powered with high-temperature, liquid-cooling system designed by the Materiel Division, was completed by Curtiss and flown to Wright Field for flight testing.

Robert H. Goddard has "hair raising" flight with Charles A. Lindbergh . Newspapers report that Max Valier has been testing his jet-car propelled by "compressed air".

Stories about Max Valier and his new carbon dioxide propelled jet car appear in the press.

Successful development of special goggles, heated gloves, and a device for warming oxygen before use announced by Wright Field.

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA recommended purchase of land north of Hampton, Va., for use as an aircraft proving ground by the Army and Navy. This site became known as Langley Field, and the location of the first National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA laboratory.

Concluding sentence of the annual report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA for 1923 was : "Progress in aeronautics is being made at so rapid a rate that the only way to keep abreast of other nations is actually to keep abreast, year by year, never falling behind." Aeromarine all-metal flying boat launched at Keyport, N. J.

''RELEASE 14-322'' '''New Crew Arrives at Space Station to Continue Scientific Research''' Three new crew members representing the United States, Russia and Italy are at the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz TMA-15M vehicle docked to the International Space Station at 9:48 p.m. EST, above the Pacific Ocean, approaching the coast of Ecuador. Terry Virts of NASA, Soyuz Commander Anton ...

Hermann Koelle delivers talk to the GfW in Stuttgart titled "Das Raketen-Fernflugzeug nach Sänger-Bredt"

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