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List of rocket aircraft

Index List of rocket aircraft

This is a list of Rocket-powered aircraft. [1]

56 relations: Aerial ramming, Air launch, Arado Ar 234, Arado E.381, Armstrong Siddeley Snarler, Avro 720, Bachem Ba 349, Bell X-1, Bell X-2, Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1, Bisnovat 5, Combat box, CTOL, DFS 194, Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, Fliegende Panzerfaust, Flying wing, Focke-Wulf Volksjäger, Hawker P.1072, Heinkel He 176, Heinkel P.1077, Junkers EF 127, Kamikaze, Korolyov RP-318, Lavochkin La-7, Lippisch Ente, Lockheed NF-104A, Martin Marietta X-24, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, Messerschmitt Me 263, Mitsubishi J8M, Mizuno Shinryu, North American X-15, Northrop XP-79, Opel RAK.1, Popular Science, Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor, Rikugun Ki-202, Rocket Racing League, Rocket-powered aircraft, Saunders-Roe SR.177, Saunders-Roe SR.53, SNCASE SE.212 Durandal, SNCASO Trident, Sombold So 344, Sound barrier, Sukhoi Su-6, Takeoff, Universe Today, ..., Victory in Europe Day, World War II, XCOR EZ-Rocket, Yakovlev Yak-3, Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, Zeppelin Rammer. Expand index (6 more) »

Aerial ramming

Aerial ramming or air ramming is the ramming of one aircraft with another.

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Air launch

Air launching is the practice of releasing a rocket, missile, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft.

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Arado Ar 234

The Arado Ar 234 Blitz (English: lightning) was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, built by the German Arado company in the closing stages of World War II.

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Arado E.381

The Arado E.381 (Kleinstjäger – "smallest hunter") was a proposed parasite fighter aircraft.

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Armstrong Siddeley Snarler

The Armstrong Siddeley ASSn.

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Avro 720

The Avro 720 was a in-development British single-seat interceptor of the 1950s.

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Bachem Ba 349

The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Colubrid, grass-snake) was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile.

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Bell X-1

The Bell X-1 was a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft.

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Bell X-2

The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster") was an X-plane research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range.

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Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1

The Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 was a Soviet short-range interceptor developed during the Second World War.

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Bisnovat 5

The Bisnovat 5 (Бисноват 5) was a supersonic research aircraft designed in the USSR in the late 1940s, inspired by the German DFS 346 aircraft that was captured by Soviet troops towards the end of World War II.

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Combat box

The Combat Box was a tactical formation used by heavy (strategic) bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

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CTOL

CTOL is an acronym for conventional take-off and landing, and is the process whereby conventional aircraft (such as passenger aircraft) take off and land, involving the use of runways.

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DFS 194

The DFS 194 was a rocket-powered aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - "German Institute for Sailplane Flight").

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Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket

The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (or D-558-II) was a rocket and jet-powered supersonic research aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Navy.

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Fliegende Panzerfaust

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Flying wing

A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage.

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Focke-Wulf Volksjäger

The Focke-Wulf Volksjäger, meaning "People's Fighter" in German, was a German emergency fighter project for the Luftwaffe.

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Hawker P.1072

The Hawker P.1072 was a 1949 experimental British aircraft acting as test bed for the Armstrong Siddeley Snarler rocket booster.

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Heinkel He 176

The Heinkel He 176 was a German rocket-powered aircraft.

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Heinkel P.1077

The Heinkel P.1077 (or He P.1077) was a single seat interceptor design developed for the Luftwaffe by Heinkel under the Emergency Fighter Program during the last year of the Third Reich.

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Junkers EF 127

The Junkers EF 127 was a rocket powered fighter aircraft designed by the Third Reich as a part of the Emergency Fighter Program in the closing year of World War II.

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Kamikaze

, officially, were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who initiated suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy warships more effectively than possible with conventional air attacks.

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Korolyov RP-318

The RP-318 or RP-318-1 was Russia's first rocket-powered aircraft or Rocket Glider (Rocketny Planer or Rocketoplan) which "RP" stands for in Russian language.

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Lavochkin La-7

The Lavochkin La-7 (Лавочкин Ла-7) was a piston-engined Soviet fighter developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau (OKB).

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Lippisch Ente

The Ente (duck) was the world’s first rocket-powered full-size aircraft.

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Lockheed NF-104A

The Lockheed NF-104A was an American mixed power, high-performance, supersonic aerospace trainer that served as a low-cost astronaut training vehicle for the North American X-15 and projected Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar programs.

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Martin Marietta X-24

The Martin Marietta X-24 was an American experimental aircraft developed from a joint United States Air Force-NASA program named PILOT (1963–1975).

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.

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Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a German rocket-powered interceptor aircraft.

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Messerschmitt Me 263

The Messerschmitt Me 263 Scholle (plaice) was a rocket-powered fighter aircraft developed from the Me 163 ''Komet'' towards the end of World War II.

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Mitsubishi J8M

The Mitsubishi J8M Shūsui (Japanese: 三菱 J8M 秋水, literally "Autumn Water", used as a poetic term meaning "Sharp Sword" deriving from the swishing sound of a sword) was a Japanese World War II rocket-powered interceptor aircraft closely based on the German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.

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Mizuno Shinryu

The was a late-World War II Japanese rocket-powered interceptor.

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North American X-15

The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft.

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Northrop XP-79

The Northrop XP-79, USAAF project number MX-365, was an ambitious design for a flying wing fighter aircraft, designed by Northrop.

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Opel RAK.1

The Opel RAK.1 (also known as the Opel RAK.3) was the world's first purpose-built rocket-powered aircraft.

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Popular Science

Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is an American quarterly magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects.

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Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor

The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (originally designated XP-91) was a mixed-propulsion prototype interceptor aircraft, developed by Republic Aviation.

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Rikugun Ki-202

The Rikugun Ki-202 Shūsui-Kai (三菱 Ki-202 秋水改, translated as "Autumn Water, improved") was a direct development of the German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket-powered interceptor aircraft.

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Rocket Racing League

The Rocket Racing League was a racing league that planned to use rocket-powered aircraft to race a closed-circuit air racetrack.

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Rocket-powered aircraft

A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket engine for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines.

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Saunders-Roe SR.177

The Saunders-Roe SR.177 was a 1950s project to develop a combined jet- and rocket-powered interceptor aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy.

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Saunders-Roe SR.53

The Saunders-Roe SR.53 was a British prototype interceptor aircraft of mixed jet and rocket propulsion developed for the Royal Air Force (RAF) by Saunders-Roe in the early 1950s.

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SNCASE SE.212 Durandal

The SNCASE SE.212 Durandal was a French jet and rocket mixed-power fighter aircraft of the mid-1950s.

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SNCASO Trident

The SNCASO SO.9000 Trident was a French mixed-power interceptor aircraft developed and constructed by aircraft manufacturer SNCASO.

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Sombold So 344

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Sound barrier

The sound barrier or sonic barrier is a popular term for the sudden increase in aerodynamic drag and other effects experienced by an aircraft or other object when it approaches supersonic speed.

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Sukhoi Su-6

The Sukhoi Su-6 was a Soviet ground-attack aircraft developed during World War II.

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Takeoff

Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle or an animal goes from the ground to flying in the air.

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Universe Today

Universe Today (UT) is a popular North American-based non-commercial space and astronomy news website.

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Victory in Europe Day

Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day, celebrated on May 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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XCOR EZ-Rocket

The XCOR EZ-Rocket is a test platform for the XCOR rocket propulsion system.

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Yakovlev Yak-3

The Yakovlev Yak-3 (Russian: Я́ковлев Як-3) was a World War II Soviet fighter aircraft.

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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka

The Yokosuka MXY-7 was a purpose-built, rocket-powered human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft employed by Japan against Allied ships towards the end of World War II.

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Zeppelin Rammer

The Zeppelin Rammer (Rammjäger) was a proposed design by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin intended to use the technique of aerial ramming against the allied bombers attacking Nazi Germany during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rocket_aircraft

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