Erich Warsitz

Erich Warsitz was a German test pilot of the 1930s. He held the rank of Flight-Captain in the Luftwaffe and was the chief test pilot selected by the Heinkel firm. He is remembered as the first person to fly an aircraft under liquid-fuelled rocket power (the Heinkel He 176 on June 20 1939) and also the first to fly an aircraft under turbojet power (the Heinkel He 178 on August 27 the same year).