Heinkel He 176
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The Heinkel He 176 was a German experimental rocket-powered aircraft. It was the world's first aircraft to be propelled solely by a liquid-fueled rocket, making its first powered flight on 20 June 193
Post war artist impression of the He 176
Opel RAK.1, world's first public flight of a rocket-powered aircraft on September 30, 1929, piloted by Fritz von Opel
Rocket-powered aircraft
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A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket engine for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines. Rocket planes can achieve much higher speeds than
Heinkel He 176
…The Heinkel He 176 was a German experimental rocket-powered aircraft. It was the world's first aircraft to be propelled solely by a liquid-fueled rocket, making its first powered flight on 20 June 1939 with Erich…
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft
A Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka replica at the Yasukuni Shrine Yūshūkan war museum
The X-15's XLR99 rocket engine used ammonia and liquid oxygen.