Heinkel

Heinkel Flugzeugwerke

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1922
Founder	Ernst Heinkel
Defunct	1965
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW)
Headquarters	Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany
Key people	Robert Lusser
Services	Aircraft engines

Heinkel Flugzeugwerke (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪŋkəl ˈfluːktsɔʏçˌvɛɐkə]) 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.