Bidspirit auction | Rocket pioneer Rudolf Nebel signed

Rocket pioneer Rudolf Nebel signed card. Rudolf Wilhelm ”Willy” Nebel was a German officer, WWI pilot of the Fliegertruppe and spaceflight advocate active in Germany's amateur rocket group, the Verein für Raumschiffahrt in the 1930s as well as in rebuilding German rocketry following World War II. Great War pilot 15 August 1912, he obtained his pilot's license (No. 178). Nebel thus became one of the first aviators in Germany, part of the ”Old Eagles” group. He was an early member of the German Society for Space Travel (VfR), working closely together with persons such as Wernher von Braun, Rolf Engel, Hermann Oberth or Paul Ehmayr and assisted with the failed publicity stunt to launch a rocket at the premiere of Fritz Lang's film Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon). Despite this failure, Nebel continued to seek sponsorship from the Reichswehr as well as individuals as diverse as Adolf Hitler and Albert Einstein. Good Condition Est.