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President Roosevelt called for U.S. production of 50,000 planes a year.

Robert H. Goddard offered all his research data, patents, and facilities for use by the military services at a meeting with representatives of Army Ordnance, Army Air Corps, and Navy Bureau of Aeronautics arranged by Harry Guggenheim. Nothing resulted from this except au expression of possible use of rockets in jet-assisted take-offs of aircraft.

Chance Vought F4U Corsair Navy fighter with inverted full wing made first test flight.

Paris office of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA was closed.

Congress authorized construction of the third National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA laboratory near Cleveland, Ohio, which became Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory. In 1948, it was named for George W. Lewis, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Director of Aeronautical Research, 1924-47.

National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) created by the Council of National Defense.

First commercial flight of the Boeing 307-B Stratoliner, Burbank, Calif., to Long Island, N.Y., the first commercial flight to use a pressurized cabin, in record time of 12 hours 18 minutes.

National Defense Research Committee established Jet Propulsion Research Committee under Section H of Division A, at Naval Powder Factory, Indian Head, Md., to conduct fundamental research on rocket ordnance. C. N. Hickman, who had worked with Goddard during World War I was named as head.

Beginning of the Battle of Britain, which raged until the end of October.

Sir Henry Tizard, scientific adviser to the British Ministry of Aircraft Production, headed mission of leading British and Canadian scientists to brief official American representatives on devices under active development for war use and to enlist the support of American scientists. This was the beginning of very close cooperation of Anglo-American scientists in many fields, including aeronautics ...

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