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Anthony II. G. Fokker perfected synchronizing gear to allow machinegun to be fired through rotating propeller.

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First year of formal graduate study in aeronautical engineering was completed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and one master of science degree was awarded. Electrical Experimenter magazine features cover art by Frank Paul of spacecraft designed by Hugo Gernsback . The artwork presages the Telstar satellite of almost 50 years later. Image:EE 1915-06.jpg 300px

All-metal fully cantilever-wing monoplane produced by Hugo Junkers in Germany, the J-1 powered by a 120-hp Mercedes, made its first successful flights. Martian canals and cities appear on the cover of science magazine Electrical Experimenter . Image:EE 1915-12.jpg 300px

Hugo Gernsback's story "The Scientific Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" continues in "Electrical Experimenter" magazine. Image:EE 1915-07.jpg 300px

Percival Lowell 's maps of Martian canals appear in Hugo Gernsback 's Electrical Experimenter magazine. Image:EE 1915-10 mars.jpg 300px

First air-to-air combat, German airman killed by rifle fire from Allied aircraft. In February a machine-gun mounted on a French aircraft, Lieutenant Garros as pilot, first shot down a German aircraft.

... . Whitcomb, 59, the "legendary aerodynamicist" inventor of the area rule and the supercritical wing, retired February 29 after 37 years of service with NASA. Graduated in 1943 with honors in mechanical ... C. Schneider, associate administrator for space tracking and data systems, would retire from federal service February 29. He joined the Gemini program in 1963 after two years at International Telephone and ... sea had taken 1 month. (FBIS, Moscow Wrld Svc, Feb 23/80) January 1980 January February 1980 February Feb 1 1980 1 Feb 2 1980 2 Feb 3 1980 3 Feb 4 ...

... MSFC for Shuttle motor development, completed static firing tests of the solid-fuel rocket motor February 17 at its Wasatch Division in Utah. During the two-minute firing, the motor thrust ... the motors, separated at burnout and parachuted into the ocean for recovery and reuse. On February 23, MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC also concluded ground vibration tests of the complete Shuttle ... . ( MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC Releases 79-18, 79-19, 79-21) January 1979 January February 1979 February Feb 1 1979 1 Feb 2 1979 2 Feb 3 1979 3 Feb 4 ...

... metal as scrap. NASA said that it had to award a contract for demolition by February 18 or risk further delay in Shuttle schedules: the tower had to be removed by ... of times more massive than Earth's Sun. (NASA Release 83-21) January 1983 January February 1983 February Feb 1 1983 1 Feb 2 1983 2 Feb 3 1983 3 Feb 4 ...

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