Erich Karl Warsitz (18 October 1906 – 12 July 1983) was a German test pilot of the 1930s. He held the rank of Flight-Captain in the Luftwaffe and was selected...
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Aircraft. Retrieved: 26 September 2011. Warsitz, Lutz: The First Jet Pilot – The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz (p. 125), Pen and Sword Books Ltd...
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178 V1, the first prototype, performed its maiden flight, piloted by Erich Warsitz. This flight, which only lasted for six minutes, had been preceded by...
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using the thrust from a turbojet engine. It was flown by test pilot Erich Warsitz. The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the "Gloster Whittle", "Gloster...
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Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0874745498 Warsitz, Lutz: THE FIRST JET PILOT – The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz, Pen and Sword Books Ltd., England...
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engine first flew as the primary power of the Heinkel He 178, piloted by Erich Warsitz on 27 August 1939. Although successful, the engine had too little thrust...
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Great Britain: Hutchinson & Co. Warsitz, Lutz (2009). The First Jet Pilot - The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz. Pen and Sword Books. 9781844158188...
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engine. It performed its first powered flight on 20 June 1939 with Erich Warsitz at the controls.[page needed] The He 176, while demonstrated to the...
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Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.), 2001) Warsitz, Lutz: THE FIRST JET PILOT - The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz (p. 125), Pen and Sword Books Ltd...
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experiments were held in 1937 on a Heinkel He 111, piloted by test-pilot Erich Warsitz at Neuhardenberg, a large field about 70 kilometres east of Berlin,...
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of war). On 3 June 1937 the Heinkel He 112 was flown by test pilot Erich Warsitz, propelled by rocket power alone, despite the wheels-up landing and...
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liquid-fueled rocket, making its first powered flight on 20 June 1939 with Erich Warsitz at the controls. The He 176 was developed as a private venture by the...
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relative rarity in early WW II German airframe design. In 1939, flown by Erich Warsitz, the Heinkel He 176 and Heinkel He 178 became the first aircraft designs...
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translations) on pages 125 and 126. Warsitz, Lutz (2008). The First Jet Pilot: The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz. Barnsley: Pen and Sword aviation...
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2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019. Warsitz, Lutz (2009). The First Jet Pilot: The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1844158188...
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Retrieved November 15, 2006. Warsitz, Lutz (2009). The First Jet Pilot - The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz. England: Pen and Sword Books Ltd...
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liquid-fueled rocket-powered aircraft: was made by a Heinkel He 176 flown by Erich Warsitz on June 20, 1939. First scheduled commercial transatlantic passenger...
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pp. 44–45. Dorr 2013, p. 39. Warsitz, Lutz (2008). The First Jet Pilot: The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword aviation...
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believed him. (Frank Whittle 1907–1996). Warsitz, Lutz: The First Jet Pilot – The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz (p. 125), Pen and Sword Books Ltd...
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Sites. St Martin's Press. p. 12. Warsitz, Lutz: The First Jet Pilot - The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz (p. 23), Pen and Sword Books Ltd....
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11. ISBN 978-0-385-07847-4. Lutz Warsitz (2009). The First Jet Pilot – The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz. Pen and Sword Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84415-818-8...
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p. 316. Warsitz 2009, p. 23. Warsitz 2009, p. 30. Warsitz 2009, p. 39. Warsitz 2009, p. 51. Warsitz 2009, p. 41. Warsitz 2009, p. 55. Warsitz 2009, p...
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Publishing. ISBN 978-1-903223-98-7. Warsitz, Lutz (2009). The First Jet Pilot: The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz. London: Pen and Sword Books Ltd...
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needed] The He 112 V5, piloted by test pilot Erich Warsitz, was flown to 800 meters (2,625 feet), where Warsitz fired the rocket motor. The He 112 V5 was...
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Oberstüter, Welper and Winz-Baak. Mathilde Franziska Anneke, feminist Erich Warsitz, world's first jet pilot John J. Gumperz, sociolinguist Harald Siepermann...
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pp. 128–136. ISSN 0306-5634. Warsitz, Lutz (2009). The First Jet Pilot: The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz. London, UK: Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1844158188...
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first jet aircraft to fly was the Heinkel He 178 (Germany), flown by Erich Warsitz in 1939, followed by the world's first operational jet aircraft, the...
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Lightning in the United States. August 27 – Flying the Heinkel He 178, Erich Warsitz makes the first flight entirely on turbojet power (the HeS 3 jet engine)...
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outbreak of war in Europe. July 20 – In the Heinkel He 176, German pilot Erich Warsitz makes the first flight powered by a liquid-fuelled rocket. July 30 –...
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first turbojet-powered aircraft, flies for the first time, with Captain Erich Warsitz in command. August 28 – French ocean liner SS Normandie heads into New...
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