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Fritz Opel and his Rocket Car, Berlin / Photo, 1928
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Title:
Fritz Opel and his Rocket Car, Berlin / Photo, 1928
Caption:
Opel, Fritz von, 1899 - 1971, son of Wilhelm von Opel and a grandson of Adam Opel, founder of the Opel company. He is remembered mostly for his spectacular demonstrations of rocket propulsion that earned him the nickname "Rocket Fritz". Opel in his car with a Sander rocket propellant (Opel Sander Rocket car 2) on the Avus motorway in Berlin (Opel RAK.2 rocket car reached a speed of 230 km/h driven by 24 solid-fuel rockets). Photo, 23rd May 1928, digitally coloured.
Credit:
Album / akg-images
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Image size:
4961 x 3502 px | 49.7 MB
Print size:
42.0 x 29.7 cm | 16.5 x 11.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1910S • 1920S • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 2ND MILLENNIUM A. D. • AUDIENCE • AUTOMOBILE RACE • AUTOMOBILE • AUTOMOBILES • AUTOMOTIVE • AVUS (BERLIN) • BERLIN • CAR RACE • CAR SPORTS • CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT • FRITZ VON OPEL • GERMANY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY AND POLITICS • HISTORY • INDUSTRIALIST (MALE) • INDUSTRY: MOTORCARS • LORRY • MOTOR RACE • MOTOR RACING • MOTOR SPORT • MOTORCAR • MOTORCARS • MOTORSPORTS • OPEL • PERSON • PHOTOGRAPH • PHOTOGRAPHY • PUBLIC • RACECAR DRIVER • RACECAR • RACING CAR • RACING DRIVER • ROCKET CAR • ROCKET ENGINE • ROCKET PROPULSION • ROCKET-PROPELLED CAR • SPECT • SPECTATOR (MALE) • SPECTATOR • SPECTATORS • SPORT • TARGET GROUP • TRUCK • TWENTIETH CENTURY • VISITOR
