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Rocket Science



Erich Warsitz was the first man to fly an aircraft driven by a liquid-fuel rocket engine and a jet engine.


  • Erich Warsitz was the first man to fly an aircraft driven by a liquid-fuel...

  • By 1936, Dr Ernst Heinkel had advanced far enough with his trials of a...

  • The first Heinkel aircraft to be fitted with a liquid-fuel rocket engine was...

  • Heinkel and his research team then began tests with the smaller He 176.

  • Following on from tests on the He 176, the research team decided to begin...

  • Erich Warsitz successfully piloted the He 178 on 27 August 1939.

  • Erich Warsitz, Dr Ernst Heinkel and various members of the research team...

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