Talk:Opel RAK.1

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Legacy and importance ... for events before?

Re: Legacy and importance of Opel RAK for the history of spaceflight

The first flight of the Opel RAK.1 was on September 30, 1929, says the article.

It also says: "The German Reich was first to test the approach in August 1929 when a battery of solid rocket propellants supported a Junkers Ju-33 seaplane to get airborne."

August is before September, i.e. before the flight of the Opel RAK.1 --- can it be a legacy if it came first?

Also: Citation Needed on that rocket-assisted take-off of the Ju-33.

I understand the Ju-33 could change between a fixed wheel carriage (using the tail wheel) or a pair of floats (says Wikipedia) --- so that would be "in a floatplane (or seaplane) configuration".

86.5.188.109 (talk) 16:27, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]