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Goodyear Tire & Rubber acquired Zeppelin rights for manufacture of rigid airships.

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics made a grant to the University of Michigan for the completion of a wind tunnel and a Chair of Aeronautics.

Wernher von Braun joined the German Army Ordnance Office rocket program at Kummersdorf .

First U.S. jet-propelled aircraft flight, by an Airacomet Bell XP-59A (powered by two I-16 engines developed by General Electric from the British Whittle prototype), made at Muroc Dry Lake, Calif., with Robert Stanley as pilot.

Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, Calif., was established to conduct tests and evaluations of guided missiles and components. Navy Lockheed PV-2, Truculent Turtle, set a record of nonstop long-distance flight, completing an 11,236-mile trip from Perth, Australia, to Columbus, Ohio, in 55 hours 15 minutes.

First flight of the North American XF-86 Sabre Jet, classic swept wing USAF fighter aircraft until the Century series.

Long-Range Proving Ground at Cape Canaveral was activated.

First Pilotless Bomber Squadron (light) established by USAF at AFMTC in Florida.

First official day of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Existing National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA facilities, personnel, policies, and advisory committees were transferred to NASA, and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA laboratories were renamed Research Centers. By Executive order of the President, DOD responsibilities for the ...

NASA personnel total reached 9,347.

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