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Dec 8 1919

The Aeronautical Engineering Society was organized at Massachussetts Institute of Technology MIT .

Dec 8 1946

First successful powered (RMI XLR-11 rocket engine) flight of an XS-1, flown by Chalmers Goodlin , Bell test pilot, reached a speed of 550 mph. This was first U.S. aircraft designed for supersonic speeds.

Dec 8 1955

XJ-79-GE-3 turbojet engine first powered an aircraft, an XF4-D, the engine which became the primary power-plant of the B-58 and F-104.

Dec 8 1956

First test rocket in the IGY-U.S. satellite program, a one-stage NRL Viking launch vehicle Viking , attained an altitude of 126 miles and a speed of 4,000 mph. Viking launch vehicle Viking No. 13 carried a "minitrack" radio transmitter which was ejected at 50 miles and tracked.