1919 – Charles Strite files patent for the pop-up toaster. 1922 – Ecuador becomes independent. 1928 – Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car. 1942 – Bing Crosby records “White ...

Represented were Germany, France, Belgium and Poland. In the last minute however, Germany nominated a second team, balloon WILHELM VON OPEL with pilot Deku from Darmstadt and co-pilot Fritz von Opel.

Inventor Valier, Builder Sanders, tried it secretly last April over the Opel tracks in Munich. But in June, young Fritz von Opel, sporting son of a gruff Geheimrat, sent it at a speed of 156 miles ...

There was car manufacturer Fritz von Opel, and Georg von Schnitzler from the chemical concern I.G. Farben, which in a few years would become notorious for supplying Auschwitz with the poison gas ...

1929 - The second rocket-powered aircraft, invented by Fritz von Opel, is test-flown. 1930 - Treaty of friendship between Greece and Turkey is signed in Ankara. 1938 - A radio dramatisation of the ...

95 years ago today, automaker Fritz von Opel flew the first manned rocket plane. The Opel RAK.1 (also known as the RAK.3, as it was his third design) was the world’s first purpose-built rocket ...

Fritz von Opel, a German engineer and industrialist, was the second person. Grandson of Adam Opel, the founder of the Opel company that now manufactures automobiles, Fritz was a racing driver and ...

The test flight was intended to prepare for the demonstration flight with which Fritz von Opel, known as "Raketenfritz", wanted to herald the rocket age in front of the assembled press.

The lecturer was Fritz von Opel, motor magnate. Beside him stood a little racing car with two unusual accessories. In its rear it had something that looked like an exaggerated exhaust pipe.

At the wheel was Fritz von Opel, a multitalented individual – an engineer, a racing driver, a record-chaser, and a daredevil. Just 29 years old at the time, he'd already won races in cars, motorcycles ...