Ein Flugzeug zu erfinden, ist nichts. Es zu bauen, ein Anfang. Fliegen, das ist alles.
Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) 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.
Newspapers and magazines published photographs of Lilienthal gliding, favorably influencing public and scientific opinion about the possibility of flying machines becoming practical. On 9 August 1896, his glider stalled and he was unable to regain control. Falling from about 15 m (50 ft), he broke his neck and died the next day, 10 August 1896.
Occupation:
engineer, inventor
Born:
05/23/48
Died:
08/10/96 (48)
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