Otto Lilienthal
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Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders, therefor
Lilienthal, c. 1895
Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895
Models of his gliders
Restored 1894 glider displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. It is one of five surviving Lilienthal gliders in the world.
Wright brothers
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The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the firs
Otto Lilienthal
…Records recognizes Otto Lilienthal as the first person recorded to be fatally injured in a glider accident. Lilienthal's research was well known to the Wright brothers, and they credited him as a major inspiration for their decision to pursue manned flight. They abandoned his aeronautical data after two seasons of…
Orville Wright 1905 crop
Wilbur Wright crop
Wright brothers' home at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, c. 1900. Wilbur and Orville built the covered wrap-around porch in the 1890s.
The Wright brothers' bicycle at the National Air and Space Museum