Avión Torpedo

The Avión Torpedo was a liquid-propelled rocket-powered aircraft project designed by Pedro Paulet in 1902.

Paulet would spend decades attempting to achieve funding for the project throughout Europe and Latin America, but found no donors.

[1] Peruvian Pedro Paulet developed a liquid-propellant rocket engine in 1895.

[2] In 1902, he designed the Avión Torpedo, a liquid-propellant rocket-powered aircraft that featured a canopy fixed to a delta tiltwing.

[1] Paulet's concept of using liquid-propellant was decades ahead of rocket engineers at the time who utilized black powder as a propellant.