Fritz von Opel with his streamlined rocket-powered racing car, the Rak. 2, reached a top speed of 238km/h at Berlin's AVUS racetrack on May 23, 1928.

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And so it becomes also understandable, why the Americans requested autographs from the German competitor at the Gordon Bennett Race, Fritz von Opel on the shreds of his burst balloon: Fritz von Opel ...

But in June, young Fritz von Opel, sporting son of a gruff Geheimrat, sent it at a speed of 156 miles per hour over railroad tracks near Hanover. Nine-foot streaks of flame from the exploding ...

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 ...

Opel racked up a first with RAK 1 Ninety years ago, on September 30, 1929, the first-ever public rocket-powered flight was carried out by Fritz von Opel on his RAK 1. Among the first rocket planes ...

The first jet in world history flew as early as 1928: the glider equipped with rockets by Fritz von Opel flew 1500 meters in its first test.

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.

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