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Many thanks for kind welcome and your interest! Fritz Stamer made the world’s first glider flight using a solid fuel propellant on 11 June 1928. On 30 September 1929 Fritz von Opel made the first official rocket-assisted take-off. Erich Warsitz tested the first liquid-fuel rocket engines...

Dear Aviation History Enthusiasts, My father – Flight Captain Erich Warsitz – is remembered as the first person to fly an aircraft under turbojet power, the Heinkel He 178, on August 27, 1939 and also the first to fly an aircraft under liquid-fueled rocket power, the Heinkel He 176, on June...