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... rocketeers. 1934 January 1934 January Jan 1 1934 1 Jan 2 1934 2 Jan 3 1934 3 Jan 4 1934 4 Jan 5 1934 5 Jan 6 1934 6 Jan 7 1934 7 Jan 8 1934 8 Jan 9 1934 9 ... 23 1934 23 Aug 24 1934 24 Aug 25 1934 25 Aug 26 1934 26 Aug 27 1934 27 Aug 28 1934 28 Aug 29 1934 29 Aug 30 1934 30 Aug 31 1934 31 September 1934 September Sep 1 1934 ...

... BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY SUCCESSFUL meetings were held on December 15th, 1933, and on January 5th, 1934. The former meeting was primarily concerned with the composition of the Journal of the Society ... with the futuristic design now adorning the front page of the Journal. On January 6th, 1934, the Hon. Vice - President, Mr. Colin H. L. Askham (GOTT) took the Chair in the ... 15, Second Floor, at 6.30 p.m. Meetings are held fortnightly from January 5th, 1934, on Fridays, at the above time. Communications should be addressed to L. J. Johnson, 46 ...

Air Mail Act of 1934 signed by the President.

... .30 p.m. Meetings are held fortnightly on Fridays, every other Friday from February 16th, 1934. Leslie J. Johnson, Hon. Secretary." British Interplanetary Society founding member N.E. Raymond Moore moves ...

... front page coverage in the Daily Express newspaper. Image:GerhardZucker.jpg 200px '''Gerhard Zucker in 1934 with one of his mail rockets.'''

January 10-11: Six Navy Consolidated P2Y-1's flew nonstop from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2,399 miles, in 21 hours 56 minutes.

Russian balloon reached 73,000 feet, but aeronauts Felosienko, Wasienko, and Vsyskin perished in free fall of gondola.

Under Presidential order the Army Air Corps started flying domestic airmail.

American Interplanetary Society renamed the American Rocket Society (ARS). Founder G. Edward Pendray later explained "it was to emphasize the means to the end rather than the end itself."

Comdr. Renato Donati established altitude record of 47,352 feet in Caproni aircraft, at Rome, Italy.

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