Rocket-Cycle is explained by Professor A. M. Low of London while Alec Jackson gets ready to take-off - along the surface, he hopes. Low has been experimenting with rockets since 1917. Four of his rocket-assisted motorcycles were demonstrated at the Wembley speedway meet.
Modern Mechanix February 1947
(the rockets were controlled by a key placed on the handlebars.)
Courtesy Sergio Scalerandi