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... , and Helen T. Wells, History of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center from July 1 to December 31, 1960 (MHM-2, 1961), Vol ...

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World War I high-altitude bombsight mounted on a gyrostabilized base tested by Navy Torpedo Squadron at Yorktown, Va., marking completion of first phase of Carl L. Norden's development of a bombsight for BuOrd.

Naval Air Detail, under Lt. Comdr. R. E. Byrd, began aerial exploration of 30,000-square-mile area near Etah, North Greenland, with three Loening amphibians, as part of the MacMillan expedition. Curtiss Condor, first of new series of night bombers, made first flight at Garden City, Long Island.

Fire damaged interior of variable-density wind tunnel at Langley Laboratory, which when reconstructed was used in conjunction with jet-type wind tunnel produced airflow in 12-inch chamber in excess of 800 mph.

President Roosevelt prohibited export of aviation fuel outside of the Western Hemisphere, except to Britain and countries resisting aggression, an act aimed at Japan which normally imported large quantities from the United States. NDL was requested to develop radar guidance equipment for assault drones, both to relay target information to a control operator and to serve as an automatic homing ...

Patrick Air Force Base , administrative headquarters of the AFMTC at Cape Canaveral , officially named after Gen. Mason M. Patrick.

Fifth International Congress on Astronautics began, at Innsbruck, Austria.

AFBMD announced development of a complete inertial guidance system to replace radio inertial system now in use. H. Rept. 2351, Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, “Construction and Equipment Authorization for National Aeronautics and Space Administration,” published to accompany H.R. 13619.

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