Johannes Winkler
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In 1915 during World War I, he joined the German army and was wounded in action the following year, leading to a lengthy hospitalisation. After his recovery, he studied as a machinist at the Danzig technical college and found a job at Junkers.
On 5 July 1927, he was one of the founders the ''Verein für Raumschiffahrt'' (VfR – "Spaceflight Society"). He also was the society's first president and editor of the VfR's ''Die Rakete journal.
On 14 March 1931 at 4:45 pm, he launched the Hückel-Winkler I (HW-I) at the Gross Kühnau drill field near Dessau. According to his account, it was planned to reach an altitude of 500 meters, but it turned and flew horizontally, landing 200 meters from the pad. The maximum altitude of the rocket was not recorded. It was powered by liquid oxygen and liquid methane.
Eighteen months after the HW-I flight, Winkler launched the HW-II''' on 6 October 1932 in a public demonstration, which included invited officials from the Königsberg council. Unfortunately, the rocket exploded within seconds of ignition because of a faulty fuel valve.
Winkler designed a number of other rockets and JATO units for Junkers and then a government aviation research institute, but none left the drawing board. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Katrin Zlabinger, Andreas Spannbauer, Denise Traxler, Alfred Gugerell, Dominika Lukovic, Johannes Winkler, Julia Mester-Tonczar, Bruno Podesser, Mariann GyöngyösiGet full text
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3by Nina Kastner, Julia Mester-Tonczar, Johannes Winkler, Denise Traxler, Andreas Spannbauer, Beate M. Rüger, Georg Goliasch, Noemi Pavo, Mariann Gyöngyösi, Katrin ZlabingerGet full text
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4by Denise Traxler, Andreas Spannbauer, Patrick Einzinger, Julia Mester-Tonczar, Dominika Lukovic, Johannes Winkler, Katrin Zlabinger, Alfred Gugerell, LJubica Mandic, Mariann Gyöngyösi, Noemi PavoGet full text
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6by Andreas Spannbauer, Denise Traxler, Katrin Zlabinger, Alfred Gugerell, Johannes Winkler, Julia Mester-Tonczar, Dominika Lukovic, Claudia Müller, Martin Riesenhuber, Noemi Pavo, Mariann GyöngyösiGet full text
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7by Julia Mester-Tonczar, Patrick Einzinger, Johannes Winkler, Nina Kastner, Andreas Spannbauer, Katrin Zlabinger, Denise Traxler, Dominika Lukovic, Ena Hasimbegovic, Georg Goliasch, Noemi Pavo, Mariann GyöngyösiGet full text
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8by Julia Mester-Tonczar, Johannes Winkler, Patrick Einzinger, Ena Hasimbegovic, Nina Kastner, Dominika Lukovic, Katrin Zlabinger, Andreas Spannbauer, Denise Traxler, Sandor Batkai, Thomas Thum, Mariann GyöngyösiGet full text
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9by Dominika Lukovic, Katrin Zlabinger, Alfred Gugerell, Andreas Spannbauer, Noemi Pavo, Ljubica Mandic, Denise T. Weidenauer, Stefan Kastl, Christoph Kaun, Aniko Posa, Inna Sabdyusheva Litschauer, Johannes Winkler, Mariann GyöngyösiGet full text
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11by Johannes Winkler, Dominika Lukovic, Julia Mester-Tonczar, Katrin Zlabinger, Alfred Gugerell, Noemi Pavo, András Jakab, Zsuzsanna Szankai, Denise Traxler, Claudia Müller, Andreas Spannbauer, Martin Riesenhuber, Ena Hašimbegović, James Dawkins, Matthias Zimmermann, Hendrik J. Ankersmit, Eduardo Marbán, Mariann GyöngyösiGet full text
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12by Dominika Lukovic, Alfred Gugerell, Katrin Zlabinger, Johannes Winkler, Noemi Pavo, Tamás Baranyai, Zoltán Giricz, Zoltán V. Varga, Martin Riesenhuber, Andreas Spannbauer, Denise Traxler, András Jakab, Rita Garamvölgyi, Örs Petnehazy, Dietmar Pils, Levente Tóth, Rainer Schulz, Péter Ferdinandy, Mariann GyöngyösiGet full text
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13by Mariann Gyöngyösi, Noemi Pavo, Dominika Lukovic, Katrin Zlabinger, Andreas Spannbauer, Denise Traxler, Georg Goliasch, Ljubica Mandic, Jutta Bergler-Klein, Alfred Gugerell, Andras Jakab, Zsuzsanna Szankai, Levente Toth, Rita Garamvölgyi, Gerald Maurer, Frederic Jaisser, Faiez Zannad, Thomas Thum, Sándor Bátkai, Johannes WinklerGet full text
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14by Ariana Foinquinos, Sandor Batkai, Celina Genschel, Janika Viereck, Steffen Rump, Mariann Gyöngyösi, Denise Traxler, Martin Riesenhuber, Andreas Spannbauer, Dominika Lukovic, Natalie Weber, Katrin Zlabinger, Ena Hašimbegović, Johannes Winkler, Jan Fiedler, Seema Dangwal, Martin Fischer, Jeanne de la Roche, Daniel Wojciechowski, Theresia Kraft, Rita Garamvölgyi, Sonja Neitzel, Shambhabi Chatterjee, Xiaoke Yin, Christian Bär, Manuel Mayr, Ke Xiao, Thomas ThumGet full text
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15by Katrin Zlabinger, Dominika Lukovic, Rayyan Hemetsberger, Alfred Gugerell, Johannes Winkler, Ljubica Mandic, Denise Traxler, Andreas Spannbauer, Susanne Wolbank, Gerald Zanoni, Christoph Kaun, Aniko Posa, Andrea Gyenes, Zsolt Petrasi, Örs Petnehazy, Imre Repa, Renate Hofer-Warbinek, Rainer de Martin, Florian Gruber, Silvia Charwat, Kurt Huber, Noemi Pavo, Imre J. Pavo, Noemi Nyolczas, Dara L. Kraitchman, Mariann GyöngyösiGet full text
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