Opel, F. von - Opel

Japanese: オペル,F.von - おぺる
Opel, F. von - Opel

...In other words, unlike jet planes, rocket planes do not use air, but create a jet of fuel and other loads only, and move forward by the reaction of that jet. As early as 1928, Germany's Friz von Opel (1899-1971) and others made the first flight of a rocket plane, and in 1944 the first practical rocket plane, the German Messerschmitt Me163, appeared. However, because rocket planes have a short flight time, only a few were used as research aircraft after that. The American Bell XS1, which made the world's first supersonic flight in 1947, was also a rocket plane.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Opel, F.von" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…つまりジェット機と違って空気を使わず,燃料など搭載物だけで噴流を作り,その反動で前進する飛行機。すでに1928年ドイツのオペルFriz von Opel(1899‐1971)らはロケット機を初飛行させており,44年には初の実用ロケット機ドイツのメッサーシュミットMe163が登場しているが,ロケット機は航続時間が短いため,その後は少数が研究機として使われた程度である。47年世界初の超音速飛行をしたアメリカのベルXS1もロケット機である。…

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