biography
pronunciation:
[ohpel]
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| lived:
| (1899–1971)
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| biography:
| Automotive industrialist, born in Rüsselsheim, WC Germany. He worked for his grandfather's manufacturing firm, which began experimenting with rocket propulsion for automobiles and aircraft (1898). The world's first rocket-propelled car was the Opel-Rak 1 (1928), followed by the Opel-Rak 2, which he himself test-drove. He also piloted the second rocket airplane to fly. |
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