Aurelius Bisail - first rocket powered model airplanes in Vienna - Austria - Summer 1928

Paper number

IAC-16,E4,1,6,x34572

Coauthor

Mr. Karlheinz Rohrwild, Internationaler Förderkreis für Raumfahrt – Hermann Oberth – Wernher von Braun e.V., Germany

Year

2016

Abstract

Due to the influence of the Opel-Rak 2 experiments at Berlin in May 1928, the Austrian "Flugtechnischer Verein" established the "section for high-flying research". The purpose of the section was the study and development of the reaction drive for height flying airplanes and spaceflight.
Being a member of this society, A. Bisail was mainly in charge of the youth model airplane courses. As an advanced model builder it was his task to construct, build and fly the first Austrian rocket powered model airplanes in Vienna in Summer 1928.
New biographical data of A. Bisail allows to prove this story by period of time, Newspaper articles and picture prove.

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