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    Opel-RAK were a series of rocket vehicles produced by German automobile manufacturer Fritz von Opel, of the Opel car company, in association with others...
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    The Opel RAK.1 (also known as the Opel RAK.3) was the world's first purpose-built rocket-powered aircraft. It was designed and built by Julius Hatry under...
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    automobile in 1899. With the Opel RAK program, the world's first rocket program, under the leadership of Fritz von Opel, the company played an important...
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    Wilhelm von Opel and a grandson of Adam Opel, founder of the Opel company. He is remembered mostly for his Opel RAK demonstrations of the world's first manned...
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    for his contributions to rocket-powered flight as key protagonist of the Opel-RAK program. Sander was the son of a professional soldier. He went to school...
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    century and for building the world's first purpose-built rocket plane, the Opel RAK.1. Hatry was born in Mannheim as son of Katharina and Julius Hatry senior...
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    256 km/h. After these successes, von Opel piloted the world's first public rocket-powered flight using Opel RAK.1, a rocket plane designed by Julius Hatry...
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  • Regent 1928 Opel RAK 1928 Opel RAK2 1930-1975 Opel Blitz 1935-1940, 1947-1953, 1967-1970 Opel Olympia 1935-1937 Opel P4 1937-1940, 1962-1991 Opel Kadett 1937-1939...
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    was a leading figure in the world's first large-scale rocket program, Opel-RAK, and helped found the German Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR – "Spaceflight...
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    The Opel RAK e is an electric two-seat city concept car produced by the German car manufacturer Opel. The RAK e premiered at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor...
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