1932

From The Space Library

German engineer, Paul Schmidt, working from design of Lorin tube, developed anti patented a ramjet engine later modified and used in the V-1 Flying Bomb.

Robert H. Goddard developed component of modern ramjet engine with construction of a rocket fuel pump at Clark University.

Capt. John R. Popper (MC USN), began experimentation with animals on physiological effects of high acceleration, proposing as a result of his studies that an inflatable abdominal corset be developed for use by lighter pilots.

Junkers Ju-52, German trimotor transport of great success, first produced.

Control mechanism for variable-pitch propellers developed under the direction of Frank Caldwell.

NACA published derivation and characteristics of the first systematic family of NACA airfoils.

JaTO-type rockets first used in the Soviet Union, according to Moscow historians.

Emissaries of Space a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in the Fall issue of Hugo Gernsback's Wonder Stories Quarterly magazine.

A Voice Across the Years a story by American Interplanetary Society founder Fletcher Pratt appears in the Winter edition of Hugo Gernsback's Amazing Stories Quarterly magazine. The same issue includes Blue Water by co-founder William Lemkin.

F.A. Tsander publishes his book The Problem of Reaction Flight in the Soviet Union.