Max Valier
From The Space Library
Paul Heylandt and Max Valier, April 1930, with Rak 7 LOX/Alcohol rocket car. Walter Riedel in white lab coat in the background
Valier fires the engine on the RAK-7 rocket car, April 1930, representing the first time a liquid fuelled rocket had propelled a manned vehicle.
Heylandt rocket car test firing engine (c. 1930)