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Nonfiction: [[Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|Otto Lilienthal]]. | Nonfiction: [[Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|Otto Lilienthal]]. | ||
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 unpowered airplanes. | |||
Newspapers and magazines published photographs of Lilienthal gliding, favorably influencing public and scientific opinion about the possibility of flying machines becoming practical. | |||
On August 9, 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. | |||
== In the News == | |||
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Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction) | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Henrietta Bolt]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Lilienthal Otto Lilienthal] @ Wikipedia | |||
Attribution: | |||
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36359 | |||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Aviators (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Engineers (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:People (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Photographs (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Portraits (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:22, 10 August 2018
Nonfiction: Otto Lilienthal.
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 unpowered airplanes.
Newspapers and magazines published photographs of Lilienthal gliding, favorably influencing public and scientific opinion about the possibility of flying machines becoming practical.
On August 9, 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.
In the News
- Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Otto Lilienthal @ Wikipedia
Attribution:
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36359
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