gaseous oxidizer solid fuel rocket

[mitch]

I was doing some thinking today, about if it would be possible to create a rocket using solid fuel, with a gaseous oxidizer. For example, would it be possible to burn a fuel like sugar, without a solid oxidizer such as potassium nitrate or perchlorate?

An idea I had was this:
Place a small amount of sugar into a pressure vessel, then increase the air pressure in the vessel to 30 or 60 psi, and try to ignite the sugar. Would the extra amount of air in the chamber be enough to allow the burning of the sugar?

I didn't really know where to post this question and can't find anything on google about it.

[enginewhisperer]

they do it with solid fuel and nitrous oxide. Obviously pure oxygen will work too - but straight air might not have enough oxygen to be practical.

It'd be interesting to try though