Avión Torpedo

Design and development
Peruvian Pedro Paulet developed a liquid-propellant rocket engine in 1895. In 1902, he designed the Avión Torpedo, a liquid-propellant rocket-powered aircraft that featured a canopy fixed to a delta tiltwing. Paulet's concept of using liquid-propellant was decades ahead of rocket engineers at the time who utilized black powder as a propellant.

In popular culture

 * The Avión Torpedo was featured in a Google Doodle to commemorate the birthday of Pedro Paulet in 2011