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Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle awarded the 1942 Guggenheim Medal "for notable achievement in the advancement of aeronautics."

Media:AirScoop1942.pdf Langley Air Scoop Issue 1 Vol 1 Nov 30 1942 (10MB PDF)

Media:AirScoop1942.pdf Langley Air Scoop Issue 1 Vol 1 Nov 30 1942 Category:Publications

Sikorsky XR-4, single-rotary wing, two-man helicopter, made its first successful flight.

P-38 first placed under study of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Langley Laboratory to assess flow changes due to compressibility, later transferred to Ames Laboratory. Dive-recovery flap developed later applied to P-17, XP-59, F-80, and FR-1. "Frigitorium" for cold testing aircraft equipment for arctic operations became operational at Wright Field.

Douglas DC-4 Sky-Master first flew, becoming prominent in the generation of four-engined American transports which revolutionized long-haul air transportation.

April 7-24: Douglas A-20A completed 44 successive takeoffs using liquid-propellant JATO developed by Cal Tech's Frank S. Malina .

Radio-controlled TG-2 Navy drone made torpedo attack on destroyer Aaron Ward in which television camera amounted in the drone was utilized, directed by control pilot Lt. M. B. Taylor of Project Fox.

First American raid on Tokyo, by 16 North American B-25 AAF medium bombers flown off carrier Hornet, led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle.

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