Aug 16 1955

From The Space Library

First successful demonstration of Rockair technique (research rocket launched from aircraft) by ONR and University of Maryland team, a 2.75-inch FFAR rocket fired from a Navy F2H-2 aircraft to an altitude of approximately 180,000 feet. Rockair technique first suggested by Hermann Oberth (1929) and others.

Army Hawk missile first fired, at WSPG.