Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after
Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing
bomber aircraft for the
Luftwaffe in
World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight, with the pioneering examples of a successful
liquid-fueled rocket and a
turbojet-powered aircraft in aviation history, with both Heinkel designs' first flights occurring shortly before the outbreak of World War II in Europe.