Friedrich Wilhelm Sander was a German pyrotechnics and rocket technology engineer as well as manufacturer remembered for his contributions to rocket-powered flight as key protagonist of the Opel-RAK program.
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Friedrich Sander (left) and Fritz von Opel (right) in front of Opel RAK 1 rocket-powered aircraft. Rebstock, Frankfurt. 30 September 1929
Opel RAK.1 - world's first public flight of a rocket plane on 30 September 1929 at Frankfurt-Rebstock
Friedrich Sander, Opel RAK technician August Becker and Opel employee Karl Treber (from right to left) in front of liquid-fuel rocket-plane prototype while test operation at Opel Rennbahn in RüsselsheimFounders born in the 1880s 6
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Founders
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Founder
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1938 · aged 53
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