Dr. Raspet’s research begins shifting to boundary layer control with subsequent discoveries drawing national attention.

Mississippi State creates the Department of Aerophysics, featuring Dr. August “Gus” Raspet’s sailplane research.  The efforts emphasized the aeronautics of bird flight and how it could translate to human flight.     

Mississippi State School of Engineering Dean L.L. Patterson hires Flinsch as professor of civil engineering and associate director of the Engineering and Industrial Research Station.

Harold von Neufville Flinsch becomes dean of Mississippi State’s School of Engineering and attracts Dr. August Raspet to Mississippi State College to begin his own independent sailplane research program.