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Alien disc shaped spacecraft appears on the cover of science magazine Electrical Experimenter . Image:EE 1918-04.jpg 300px

U.S. School of Aviation Medicine began operations under Maj. Williams H. Wilmer, Signal Corps, Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, N.Y. A low-pressure tank was constructed to simulate altitudes up to 80,000 feet, and some studies were conducted at Pikes Peak.

First American military balloon ascension in the AEF took place at Cuperly, Marne, France.

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA established Office of Aeronautical Intelligence at the suggestion of the Aircraft Board to collect and distribute scientific and technical data on aeronautics.

The Joint Army and Navy Technical Aeronautical Board (JAN-TAB) passed resolution on Instrument Standardization in Army and Navy planes for incorporation in general specifications.

Plant for assembly of American-made airplanes began operations at Romorantin, France.

Navy unmanned "flying bomb" successfully launched by catapult and flown for 1,000 yards at Sperry Flying Field, Long Island.

Majs. E. C. Schneider and J. L. Whitney (USA) reached an artificial altitude of 34,000 feet in 24 minutes, at Signal Corps Laboratory, Mineola, N.Y.

"Dunkirk fighter" or Navy HA seaplane made its first flight at Port Washington, Long Island, with Curtiss pilot Roland Robifs as pilot.

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