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In level flight over a 10-mile course at Edwards AFB , Calif., Capt. Walter W. Irwin (USAF), flying a F-104A Starfighter, set a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph.
First U.S. full-size tactical nose cone was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean 4½ hours after launching from Cape Canaveral on a Jupiter missile Jupiter missile.
Gravity load of 83 g's for a fraction of a second withstood by Capt. E. L. Breeding in deceleration of a rocket sled at Holloman AFB .
H. Rept. 1770, Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, “Establishment of the National Space Program,” published to accompany H.R. 12575.
House Rept. 1758, Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, “The National Space Program” published
Naval Research Laboratory rocket firings in Danger Island region of the South Pacific from U.S.S. Point Defiance, reached 139, 148, 152, and 150 miles attitude to chart solar spectrum in the ultraviolet and X-ray portion.
Capt. W. A. Robertson established new American altitude record of 17,230 feet over North Island Flying School, San Diego, Calif.
Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer, flew across the North Pole in the dirigible Norge, commanded by Roald Amundsen.
World's largest high-speed wind tunnel (8-foot throat) placed in operation at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, under Russell G. Robinson.
Last flight of Bell X-1 X-1 (No. 1) rocket research airplane, for RICO motion picture "Test Pilot," which was turned over to the National Air Museum at the Smithsonian on August 28th.
First Bell X-2 exploded during a captive flight killing Jean Ziegler, Bell test pilot, over Lake Ontario near Buffalo, N.Y.
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