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Chance Vought XF8U-1, Navy jet fighter, exceeded the speed of sound on its first flight, at Edwards AFB . G. Nichols talks to the Bristol chapter of the BIS about ''Photography in Interplanetary Travel''.

Professor A.D. Baxter talks to the Manchester chapter of the BIS about '"Rocket Engineering''. M.C. Metcalf talks to the Sheffield chapter about ''The Moon''.

P. Tanner talks to the Glasgow chapter of the BIS about ''Pilotage and Navigation of Interplanetary Vehicles''.

Man in Space , a film made by the Walt Disney Company first airs on television.

USAF General Operational Requirement 80 (SA-2c) published for "Strategic Reconnaissance Satellite"

''The Development of the Snarler Rocket Motor'' is a lecture given to the BIS at Caxton Hall St James London by D. Hurden.

Auxiliary jettisonable belly tank fitted to bomb rack of MB3A at Selfridge Field, Mich., increased eying radius to about 400 miles.

Spitfire prototype with armament and Merlin engine first flown. production of the Spitfire Mark I beginning at Supermarine factory in early 1937. Spitfire's classic design was work of R. J. Mitchell, responsible for the Supermarine racing seaplanes which first won the Schneider Trophy for Great Britain in 1931. 18,298 Merlin-engined Spitfires of all Marks were built by 1945.

Alfred J. Eggers and C. A. Syvertson submitted concept for "interference lift," often referred to as "compression lift," which contributed important input for Mach 3 configurations ("Aircraft Configurations Developing High Lift-Drag Ratios at High Supersonic Speeds," National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA RM-A55105).

Eugen Sanger writes letter to the British Interplanetary Society reporting that he is working on extremely fast rocket driven airplanes.

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