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Land vehicle propelled by a rocket engine
A rocket car is a land vehicle propelled by a rocket engine. A rocket dragster is a rocket car used for competing in drag racing, and this type holds the
Rocket_car
Chain e-mail hoax
JATO Rocket Car was one of the original Darwin Awards winners: a man who supposedly spectacularly met his death after mounting a JATO unit (a rocket engine
JATO_Rocket_Car
Motor vehicle
Budweiser Rocket Car is not officially considered as the first vehicle to have broken the sound barrier on land, and few people believe the car to have
Budweiser_Rocket
2015 video game
Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, Rocket League features up to eight players assigned to each of the two teams, using "rocket-powered" vehicles to hit a
Rocket_League
Rolling stock of the Toronto subway system
Toronto Rocket corridor gangway Sample active route map on display in the interior mockup of the Toronto Rocket car Toronto Rocket cab Toronto Rocket interior
Toronto_Rocket
Canadian stunt driver (1938–1983)
car jumps, Carter launched his most ambitious project: an attempt to jump over the St Lawrence River—a distance of over 1 mile (1.6 km)—in a rocket-powered
Ken_Carter_(stuntman)
American stunt performer and film director (1931–2013)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Needham was the owner of the Budweiser Rocket car, a vehicle intended to break the speed of sound on land. Needham died
Hal_Needham
Nuclear power to propel a vehicle
Fission fragment rocket Fission sail Fusion rocket Gas core reactor rocket Nuclear salt-water rocket Radioisotope rocket Nuclear photonic rocket Nuclear electric
Nuclear_propulsion
Series of rocket vehicles
Opel-RAK were a series of rocket vehicles produced by German automobile manufacturer Fritz von Opel, of the Opel car company, in association with others
Opel-RAK
1978 film by Hal Needham
afford the $100,000 Hooper wants to perform the rocket car jump. Roger tells Max he wants the rocket car ending and to make cuts elsewhere. Tony is sent
Hooper_(film)
American stuntman (1947–2009)
October 1979). "Rocket car explodes in flight over St. Lawrence River", St. Petersburg Times (Associated Press) (13 October 1979). "Rocket car jump 'the wildest
Kenny_Powers_(stuntman)
Test platform pushed by rockets along a track
A rocket sled is a test platform that slides along a track (e.g. set of rails), propelled by rockets. A rocket sled differs from a rocket car in not using
Rocket_sled
British land and water speed record holder (1921–1967)
have the car on the track within three years.[citation needed] Bluebird Mach 1.1 was to be rocket-powered. Ken Norris had calculated using rocket motors
Donald_Campbell
2008 video game
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars is a vehicular soccer video game developed by Psyonix and released for the PlayStation 3 in North America
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
Supersonic_Acrobatic_Rocket-Powered_Battle-Cars
Supersonic car
Orange-branded landspeed car, and that the advertisement and phone were not connected to Noble or Bloodhound LSR. Air speed record Budweiser Rocket List of vehicle
ThrustSSC
Fictional character
rocket engine, and meet with Roman and Tej, who are looking for some vehicles on which they could get their hands on. They then test the rocket car while
Sean_Boswell
German long-range ballistic missile
Oberth, by experimenting with rockets, including public demonstrations of manned rocket cars and rocket planes. The "Rocket Rumble" was highly influential
V-2_rocket
Rubber balloon filled with air or other gases
balloon rocket car NasaQuest: Teacher Information on balloon rockets YesMag: Balloon rockets Science Museum of Minnesota: Rocket Balloon Rocket Video
Balloon_rocket
Upcoming electric sports car from Tesla
for new Tesla Roadster will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car. These rocket engines dramatically improve acceleration, top
Tesla Roadster (second generation)
Tesla_Roadster_(second_generation)
2006 American film
fictitious, most notably the debunked JATO Rocket Car story. The film opens with a car with a JATO rocket strapped to it. The movie then shifts to Michael
The_Darwin_Awards_(film)
In-development land speed record car
record. The arrow-shaped car, under development since 2008, is powered by a jet engine and could be fitted with an additional rocket engine. The initial goal
Bloodhound_LSR
Sports car launched into space in 2018
mannequin in a spacesuit, dubbed "Starman", occupies the driver's seat. The car and rocket are products of Tesla and SpaceX, respectively, both companies headed
Elon_Musk's_Tesla_Roadster
Type of aircraft assisted take-off
thrust in the form of small rockets. The term JATO is used interchangeably with the (more specific) term RATO, for rocket-assisted take-off (or, in RAF
JATO
Vehicle propelled by ejection of gases
missiles space rockets such as the enormous Saturn V used for the Apollo program rocket cars rocket bike rocket-powered aircraft (including rocket-assisted
Rocket
Motor vehicle
"Light Car Company Rocket". Evo. Retrieved 25 March 2018. www.Rocket-Car.co.uk (January 2014) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Light Car Company
Light_Car_Company
flying cars (cars capable of flying as well as driving on the road). Cawley, Conor (2017-08-30). "14 Sci-Fi Movies That Made Us Want Flying Cars, Smart
List of films featuring flying cars
List_of_films_featuring_flying_cars
2026 Canadian historical comedy film
known as "The Mad Canadian" due to his daredevil stunts, plans to drive a rocket car across the Saint-Laurent river, from a 90-foot-high ramp. Jay Baruchel
The_Stunt_Driver
Motor vehicle
The Oldsmobile Golden Rocket was a two-seater show car built by Oldsmobile for the 1956 General Motors Motorama. The radically styled fiberglass concept
Oldsmobile_Golden_Rocket
1996 film by Wes Anderson
Bottle Rocket is a 1996 American crime comedy film directed by Wes Anderson in his feature film directorial debut. Written by Anderson and Owen Wilson
Bottle_Rocket
First rockets
Fritz von Opel drove a rocket car Opel RAK.1 on the Opel raceway in Rüsselsheim, Germany, and later the dedicated RAK2 rocket car at the AVUS speedway in
History_of_rockets
Motor vehicle
M275). In 2006, the Brabus Rocket set the world land speed record for a street-legal saloon (including any police car). The Rocket recorded 365.7 km/h (227
Brabus_Rocket
American motorsport driver and land speed record holder (1940–1984)
l'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Record (LSR) on October 23, 1970, driving the rocket car Blue Flame at Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah. Gary Michael
Gary_Gabelich
Rocket-powered land speed racing vehicle
exhibition at the Auto and Technik Museum Sinsheim in Germany. Rocket car Budweiser Rocket Bloodhound LSR "Sir Malcolm Campbell". Archived from the original
Blue_Flame
Car propelled by a jet engine
racing Electric dragster Jet engine JetTrain Jet Truck Turbojet train Rocket car "Land Speed Record Agreement". The Times. No. 56193. December 12, 1964
Jet_car
Austrian rocketry pioneer (1895–1930)
drive of a rocket car with liquid propulsion, the Valier-Heylandt Rak 7. Valier was killed less than a month later when an alcohol-fuelled rocket exploded
Max_Valier
1981 documentary film by Robert Fortier
chronicles the attempt of the stuntman and daredevil Ken Carter to jump a rocket-powered car over the Saint Lawrence River, a distance of one mile. The documentary
The_Devil_at_Your_Heels
1942 film
are equipped with a bullet-shaped rocket car. It was originally released on March 27, 1942. A bullet-shaped rocket car blows through the police department
The_Bulleteers
German rocket engineer (1885-1938)
world's first large-scale rocket program, involved the creation of the world's first rocket car, the Opel RAK.1 and the first rocket glider, the Ente, and
Friedrich_Wilhelm_Sander
2021 film by Justin Lin
recruit Sean Boswell, Twinkie and Earl Hu, who have been working on a "rocket car". In London, Dom meets Queenie Shaw, who gives him Jakob's location. Dom
F9_(film)
American TV host (born 1956)
junk-sellers in the film The Darwin Awards. They appear during the story of the rocket-car, which they partially reproduced previously in the MythBusters series's
Jamie_Hyneman
Automobile museum in Buffalo, New York
Other highlights include the Thomas Rocket Car and a prototype single-seater car built by the Playboy Motor Car Company. "About the Museum". Buffalo
Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum
Buffalo_Transportation_Pierce-Arrow_Museum
American full-size car (1949–1999)
large, high-performance Oldsmobile Rocket V8, the early Oldsmobile 88 is considered by some to be the first muscle car.[citation needed] Naming conventions
Oldsmobile_88
Planned supersonic car
Bluebird Mach 1.1 (CMN-8) was a design for a rocket-powered supersonic land speed record car, planned by Donald Campbell but thwarted by his subsequent
Bluebird_Mach_1.1
Foremost tip of aircraft, rockets, and missiles
torpedoes, and in high-speed land vehicles such as rocket cars and velomobiles. On a suborbital rocket vehicle it consists of a chamber or chambers in which
Nose_cone
American general contractor and designer of high speed vehicles
planning to break the world land speed record using a rocket car powered by a second-hand X-15 rocket engine, which he has named the Sonic Wind Land Speed
Waldo_Stakes
Reports of large non-native feline sightings in Britain
separate occasions, jungle cats have been found dead after being hit by a car, with the most accepted theory being that these are individuals escaped from
British_big_cats
American dragster and car maker (1945–2002)
dragster and funny car builder in the 1970s and 1980s. Miller was responsible for the "Miller Wedge" digger in 1974 and the rocket-powered Vanishing Point
Sammy_Miller_(engineer)
more accustomed to it. Byron first appeared in the background of JATO Rocket Car, the first episode of the show, though her first proper on screen appearance
List of MythBusters cast members
List_of_MythBusters_cast_members
Rhetorical tongue-in-cheek award
determined to be an urban legend by the Arizona Highway Patrol, is the JATO Rocket Car, which describes a man who strapped a jet-assisted take-off unit to his
Darwin_Awards
Set of six historical American trains
parlor, buffet, observation car #450 Peoria The Des Moines Rocket, Chicago, Illinois to Des Moines, Iowa Articulated 3 car set: 32 seat Baggage-dinette-coach
Rocket_(Rock_Island_trains)
German experimental rocket car
rocket program. The idea to build and race a rocket-powered car as an intermediate step to realize rocket-powered aviation and even spaceflight was suggested
Opel_RAK.1
Motorised passenger road vehicle
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1–8 people, have four wheels
Car
Aircraft which uses a rocket engine for propulsion
A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket engine for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines.
Rocket-powered_aircraft
Thermal rocket that uses superheated water held in a pressure vessel
have been proposed. They are probably best known for their use in rocket-powered cars and motorcycles, and they are the type used in aeolipile. Water,
Steam_rocket
Season of television series
with Gilligan present – also tested the viability of Walter's jury-rigged car trunk machine gun trap in "Felina", the Breaking Bad series finale, and found
MythBusters_(2013_season)
1965 film directed by Friz Freleng
the detonation of the dynamite upon themselves. Finally, they employ a rocket car to pursue the racers, ostensibly achieving victory, but are subsequently
The_Wild_Chase
Song first recorded by Jackie Brenston with Ike Turner in 1951
"Rocket 88" (originally stylized as Rocket "88") is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to
Rocket_88
American car designer & driver
"I did offer to help Walt with his rocket car but the design was his own". "Landracing". Later photo of Walt Arfons and Wingfoot Express 2/rocket story
Tom_Green_(designer)
2001 film by Jerry Zucker
stumbling through the Mojave Desert, they hijack a rocket car until it runs out of fuel. Left nauseous by the car's extreme speed, Merrill and Vera accidentally
Rat_Race_(film)
German engineer (1899–1971)
after seeing one of the public Opel RAK rocket car demonstrations, that he constructed his own homemade toy rocket car and caused a disruption in a crowded
Fritz_von_Opel
Australian speedcar driver
Panorama, Bathurst and Strath Pine Airstrip in Queensland. Revell's 'Rocket Car', with rockets attached to the rear of his A Model Speedcar Q18, was renowned
Ray_Revell
about a former Air Force sergeant mounting a JATO rocket to a 1966 Chevrolet Impala and firing the rocket while at highway speed—80 miles per hour (130 km/h)—on
List of MythBusters pilot episodes
List_of_MythBusters_pilot_episodes
German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977)
after seeing one of the public Opel-RAK rocket car demonstrations, that he constructed his own homemade toy rocket car and caused a disruption in a crowded
Wernher_von_Braun
Bridge in Chicago, Illinois
Suspended from the span, 215 feet (66 m) above the ground, were rocket-shaped cars, each carrying 36 passengers. The Century of Progress Exposition committee
Sky_Ride
Device using jets to propel the wearer
A jet pack, rocket belt, rocket pack or flight pack is a device worn as a backpack which uses jets to propel the wearer through the air. The concept has
Jet_pack
English journalist, television presenter, and author (born 1969)
appreciate the astonishing acceleration and G-force of the 10,000bhp rocket car. "Speed king breaks 300mph barrier". BBC News. 6 July 2000. Archived from
Richard_Hammond
List with all urban legends currently on Wikipedia
JATO Rocket Car started as a Darwin Award winner where a driver strapped a pair of Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) units to the rear of his car and ended
List_of_urban_legends
of profitability in 2004. 1953 Starfire X-P Rocket 1954 Cutlass 1954 F-88 1955 88 Delta 1956 Golden Rocket 1957 F-88 Mark II 1959 F-88 Mark III 1962 X-215
List_of_Oldsmobile_vehicles
2002 film
(Pa Grape), their friend and an inventor, shows up in an experimental rocket car and delivers a box of light bulbs to them. Cavis maintains that if their
The_Star_of_Christmas
Mobile equipment that transports people, animals or cargo
first large-scale rocket program. The Opel RAK.1 became the first rocket car; the following year, it also became the first rocket-powered aircraft. In
Vehicle
Unguided man-portable recoilless antitank rocket
The bazooka (/bəˈzuːkə/) is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World
Bazooka
American brand of male grooming products
introduced a new brand character, the Legendary Man, with two TV commercials, "Rocket Car" and "Whale", to launch the Hardest Working Collection. Old Spice also
Old_Spice
Mysterious beam of light reported in Canada
local residents claim that the light had been reported before the advent of cars. Longdendale lights Marfa lights Christensen, Joanne. (1995). Ghost Stories
St._Louis_light
1939 to 1966 US passenger train
heavyweight cars on a 27-hour schedule. Although mired in bankruptcy, the Rock Island introduced six new streamlined trainsets, known as "Rockets", in 1936
Rocky_Mountain_Rocket
Science entertainment television program
mishaps rendered the test equipment unusable, such as when the rocket in the "Rocket Car Revisit" episode exploded on ignition. Others even resulted in
MythBusters
American actor and comedian (1949–2005)
2005), known by stage names Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy, and Charles Rocket, was an American actor. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, played
Charles_Rocket
Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2016. "Car Chase Chaos/Animal Avoidance". SBS Program Guide. SBS. Archived from the
List_of_MythBusters_episodes
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
V8, also referred to as the Rocket, is a series of engines that was produced by Oldsmobile from 1949 until 1990. The Rocket, along with the 1949 Cadillac
Oldsmobile_V8_engine
page is a compilation of sports cars, coupés, roadsters, kit cars, supercars, hypercars, electric sports cars, race cars, and super SUVs, both discontinued
List_of_sports_cars
2021 video game
Dave Hagewood, realized there was a "market for a car soccer game on mobile", sparking the idea for Rocket League Sideswipe. Development started in April
Rocket_League_Sideswipe
2023 video game
currency. Cars unlocked or purchased in Rocket Racing are compatible with Rocket League and are usable in that game. The same applies to some cars unlocked
Rocket_Racing
1994 American film
Kerr's. A firefight ensues, and Chris and Ditch escape using a makeshift rocket car. Taking shelter in the desert, Chris reveals that her real name is Krista
Terminal_Velocity_(film)
Book series by Bruce Coville
Lunk until they reach the Big Pest Squad compound. There, he steals a rocket car and manages to scoop up Lunk using the net function of the vehicle. Reunited
Space_Brat
American named passenger train
the Choctaw Rocket entered regular service on November 17, 1940. The original locomotive and car assignments for the two Choctaw Rocket sets of equipment
Choctaw_Rocket
Jet cars used by Craig Breedlove for his land speed records
until 1970, broken by Gary Gabelich's The Blue Flame land speed record rocket car. The Sonic I vehicle was sold at auction in 2025 to a private individual
Spirit of America (automobile)
Spirit_of_America_(automobile)
2021 film by Sean Baker
Red Rocket is a 2021 American black comedy drama film directed by Sean Baker, and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch. It stars Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, and
Red_Rocket_(film)
2018 American reality TV show on Netflix
Car Masters: Rust to Riches is an American reality television series on Netflix. The premise revolves around the crew from Gotham Garage, who have built
Car_Masters:_Rust_to_Riches
Aircraft engine that produces thrust by emitting a jet of gas
particularly drag racers, with the all-time record held by a rocket car. A turbofan powered car, ThrustSSC, currently holds the land speed record. Jet engine
Jet_engine
Land speed record vehicle
on October 23, 1970, by the American Gary Gabelich with Blue Flame, a rocket car on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Richard Noble stepped up to "bring back
Thrust2
Defunct entry-level luxury division of General Motors
'Rocket' engines and the Space Race, and its cars' appearance followed suit. Oldsmobile's Rocket V8 engine was the leader in performance; its cars were
Oldsmobile
American stuntwoman and racer (1946–2018)
(equivalent to $2 million in 2025) hydrogen peroxide powered three-wheeled rocket car built by Bill Fredrick called the "SMI Motivator". It reached an average
Kitty_O'Neil
Non-airbreathing engine used to propel a missile or vehicle
A rocket engine is a reaction engine, producing thrust in accordance with Newton's third law by ejecting reaction mass rearward, usually a high-speed jet
Rocket_engine
High-performance car
expensive and exotic cars, which claimed the name supercar. Opinions on the origin of the muscle car vary, but the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 is cited as the
Muscle_car
Danish automobile designer
2014, Fisker designed the Galpin-Fisker Mustang Rocket, a coachbuilt custom-bodied Mustang. The car was a collaboration between HF Design and Galpin
Henrik_Fisker
American race driver (1937–2023)
014.511 km/h).) To take the record back, Breedlove planned a supersonic rocket car, "complete with ejector seat." Also in 1965, Breedlove's wife, Lee Breedlove
Craig_Breedlove
Platform video game by Sucker Punch
hot-dog-shaped car. Other tickets require finding seven machine parts in each world to reactivate a machine and gain access to new areas. Rocket is a maintenance
Rocket:_Robot_on_Wheels
American car model sold 1949–1959, 1965–1976
217.4 inches. A Dodge Coronet was the only known example of the JATO Rocket Car legend. To publicize Dodge's 'total contact' front dual-leading shoe drum
Dodge_Coronet
Public university in England
"First Student Built Rocket Car Goes Off with a 'Bang'". News Powered by Cision. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2019. "Rocket-powered car". Herts.ac.uk. Retrieved
University_of_Hertfordshire
and cars, and fires. In total, 104 rockets were fired at Israel, and 500,000 Israelis were affected by the attack. May 9–13, 2023: 1,469 rockets and mortar
List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023
List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2023
German press photographer (1900–1963)
Ordensburg Krössinsee 1937 Engineer and Racedriver Kurt C. Volkhart and his rocket car Nürburgring 1929 Engineer and inventor Engelbert Zaschka with rotary tool
Georg_Pahl
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ROCKET CAR
ROCKET CAR
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rock 2.
Boy/Male
English American
Rock.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Rock.German (Röcke) : variant of Rock 4.
Boy/Male
English American
Rock.
Boy/Male
French, German, Hebrew, Italian
Rest; Rock
Surname or Lastname
German (also Rücker)
German (also Rücker) : nickname from Middle High German rucken ‘to move or draw’.North German : nickname from Middle Low German rucker ‘thief’, ‘greedy or acquisitive person’.German : from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Rudiger.English : variant of Rocker.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ricky, RICKEY means "powerful ruler."
Boy/Male
British, English, Jamaican
From the Rock Meadow; Rocky Field
Boy/Male
French
Rock.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Rock Meadow
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, German, Italian
Dweller by the Rock; From the Rock Fortress; Stone Camp; Rest
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Rock Meadow
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Somerset)
English (Devon and Somerset) : from a diminutive of Cocke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a spinner or a maker of distaffs, from an agent derivative of Middle English rok ‘distaff’ (see Rock).German : from a Germanic personal name based on hrÅd ‘renown’.habitational name from a farm named Rokken in Pustertal, south Tyrol (Italy).German (Röcker) : from a topographic name or a place name Röcke (formerly Roke) near Bückeburg, Lower Saxony.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rocker.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Italian, Jamaican
Rock; Form of Rockne; From the Rock Fortress; Stone Camp; Rest
Male
German
Low German form of Old High German Ricohard, RICKERT means "powerful ruler."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roke, a topographic name for someone who lived near an oak tree (see Oak), from a misdivision of Middle English atter oke ‘at the oak’. Roke in Oxfordshire and Rock in Worcestershire are named in this way, and so the surname may be habitational in some cases.English : possibly a variant of Rock 1.
Boy/Male
French
Rock.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : unexplained.
ROCKET CAR
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n.
Crockets. See Crocket.
v. t.
To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
a.
Affected with rickets.
v. t. & i.
To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.
n.
A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
n.
Rocket larkspur. See below.
v. i.
To make a confused noise or racket.
imp. & p. p.
of Rocket
v. i.
To play at cricket.
n.
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
v. t.
To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
n.
An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.
v. t.
To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
v. t.
To strike with, or as with, a racket.
n.
One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
n.
A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
v. t.
To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
v. t.
To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
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