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ROCKET CAR
Thrilling Official Trial
AERIAL AMBITIONS
BRRLIN, Wednesday.
Amazing results have boen reeelvod at Hie Avus Racecourse, where the rockoi motor car was given nu official trial. It bounded off like a bomb, emitting flame and 'smoke and was travelling at 125 miles an hour In 40 seconds nrter starting. <
The inventor, Opel, say» he has bulli"a new model which Is capable of 205 lillies an hour on -a railway track, Opef says his idoa waa to demónstralo tho successful application of Hie prin- cipio, I hat the whole future will ho In the air. He lippes to inventa machine to travel at a height of 23 miles' at a speed ol' 700 miles alf hour". The cir- cumnavigation of'the earth In one day is among Opel's concrete proposals. Ho says it will not be long before tho nations will bo cotnpctlng In the de- velopment of rocket aviation.
Two thousand spectators wore thrill- ed and alarmed al to-day's trials. The Presldont of the German Society of 'Scientific Research said, "We are, per- haps, standing al the turning point of modern world communication "