The Correspondence between the Rocket Pioneers Johannes Winkler and Hugo Hückel
- Paper number
IAC-18,E4,2,5,x41920
- Author
Dr. Wolfgang Both, Germany
- Coauthor
Mr. Karlheinz Rohrwild, Germany, Hermann-Oberth-Raumfahrt Museum e.V.
- Coauthor
Dr. Reinhard Sagner, Germany
- Year
2018
- Abstract
In longstanding work all letters between rocket pioneer Johannes Winkler and businessman Hugo Hückel were transcribed and digitally preserved for futher research. Johannes Winkler launched the first European liquid propellant rocket in March 1931, Hugo Hückel was for about two years more than his sponsor. Their correspondence is the only document giving an insight in the development and modifications of the Hückel-Winkler-No.1 rocket (HW1), the problems and solutions for design, mechanical and chemical problems of „Modell No. 2“ rocket and the first ideas of the (not realized) „Modell No. 3“. Several aspects of their technical and commercial correspondence will be enlighted to take a look back to the beginnings of astronautics.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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