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Army Air Corps announced the control of robot planes, either by radio from the ground or from another plane, had been tested successfully.

RCA proposed to NDRC design and development of rocket-propelled, radio-controlled aerial torpedo with TV nose, which was given code name "Dragon." The National Bureau of Standards was assigned the task of developing a suitable airframe. ''Le Zombie'' magazine includes a series of short notes about the state of affairs in England for members of the British Interplanetary Society as the war ...

Bureau of Standards developed photoelectric detector to simplify measurement of height of clouds.

Army Air Corps initiated development of radio-controlled aerial gliding torpedoes, gliding bombs, and aerial mines.

Classic National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA report prepared by Robert R. Gilruth which provided basis for subsequent aircraft development ( National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Report No. 755, "Requirements for Satisfactory Flying Qualities of Airplanes").

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA established Special Committee on Jet Propulsion to review early British reports on the Whittle engine, which subsequently aided development of TG-100 turboprop engine by GE and the 19-B turbojet by Westinghouse. Dr. W. F. Durand was called out of retirement to head this committee.

Igor Sikorsky piloted a Vought-Sikorsky in the first officially recorded single-rotor helicopter flight longer than an hour in the Western Hemisphere; flying time, 1 hour 5 minutes 14.5 seconds; at Stratford, Conn.

Naval Aircraft Factory initiated development of a Glomb (glider bomb), to be towed long distances by powered aircraft and released over tar, get and guided by radio control and target-viewing television.

First official flight of British turbojet. Gloster E28/39 with Whittle WIX jet engine, at Cranwell England, flown by Flight Lt. Sayer for about 17 minutes. British De Havilland Mosquito equipped as night fighter (W4052) made its first flight with AI radar.

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