ROCKET AEROPLANE
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT INTERESTING EXPERIMENT Australian Press Association. (Rec. October 1, 7 p.m.) London, September 80. Piloting a rocket aeroplane of his own design, Herr von Opel flew six miles at a height of 250 feet at Frankfort. xx X, X Undeterred by failure on the first two attempts to rise, when the machine only bounced fifty yards, Opel persevered and finally took the air. The noise was akin to heavy gunfire, flames spurting out as the machine went into the air in a series of curves. The aeroplane is totally unlike the usual machine. It is a propellerless monoplane, with the fuselage beneath the wings. Behind the pilot’s seat is what appears to be a shortened motor in which rockets are adjusted. The propulsive force is obtained by a rapid explosion of gases against the air, which drives the machine forward. When he landed Opel was sitting in front of the stnbnosed fuselage obviously in a dazed condition, clad in his asbestos suit, which was necessary for protection against the red-hot tubes in which the rockets exploded.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 6, 2 October 1929, Page 11
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179ROCKET AEROPLANE Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 6, 2 October 1929, Page 11
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