Fritz Von Opel's rocket powered glider

Impression by Roger Gould, from Early Airplanes, by John Blake, Camden House Books 1974

On Sept 30 1928 Fritz von Opel made a flight in a glider powered by 16 powder rockets, each providing about 50 lbs of thrust. The flight was a success, the craft reaching a top speed of 95 mph. One flight was enough, however and the experiment was abandoned.