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    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...
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    Otto Lilienthal". "In perspective: Otto Lilienthal". "Remembering Germany's first "flying man"". The Economist. 20 September 2011. "Otto Lilienthal,...
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    pioneer of human aviation Otto Lilienthal, who, between 1867 and 1896, also studied heavier-than-air flight. Lilienthal's flight attempts in 1891 are...
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    in aviation technology came with the controlled gliding flying of Otto Lilienthal in 1896; then a large step in significance came with the construction...
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    learning the dynamics of heavier-than-air craft, most notably by Cayley, Otto Lilienthal, and Octave Chanute. By the early 20th century, advances in engine...
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  • failed to include the weight of the parachute in his calculations. Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896) died from injuries sustained in a crash of his hang glider...
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    The Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat (German: "Normal soaring apparatus") is a glider designed by Otto Lilienthal in Germany in the late 19th century. It...
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    Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport (German: Flughafen Berlin-Tegel „Otto Lilienthal“) (IATA: TXL, ICAO: EDDT) was the former primary international...
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    municipalities of Schönholz-Neuwerder and Stölln were merged. Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896) crashed his glider here and died later. On October 23,...
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    Otto Lilienthal Museum The Otto Lilienthal Museum in Anklam (Germany) is a museum dedicated to the "glider king" Otto Lilienthal, the flight pioneer, as...
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    von Otto Lilienthal. Technik - Dokumentation - Rekonstruktion. (The airplanes of Otto Lilienthal. Technique - Documentation - Reconstruction). Otto-Lilienthal-Museum...
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    American politician Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896), German aviator Otto Ludvig Beckman (1856–1909), Swedish Coastal Artillery major general Otto Lybeck (1871–1947)...
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  • Berlin, a German brand of watches Berlin Tegel Airport, also called Otto Lilienthal Airport Liliental, a 1978 music group featuring Asmus Tietchens, Conny...
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    in 1895 as an advanced stage of the Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat – a monoplane glider invented by Otto Lilienthal. The Normalsegelapparat was patented...
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    achieving heavier-than-air flight, which was first demonstrated by Otto Lilienthal in 1891. Since then, the use of aerodynamics through mathematical analysis...
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    Around 1894, Otto Lilienthal, an aviation pioneer, became famous in Germany for his widely publicized and successful glider flights. Lilienthal also studied...
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    Gilli. The company name refers to the German aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal. The Lilienthal watches are inspired by the Bauhaus design. The company focuses...
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  • Max Lilienthal, Early Reform Rabbi Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer, brother of Gustav Peter Lilienthal, film director Philip H. Lilienthal, American...
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    magazine articles and probably photographs of the dramatic glides by Otto Lilienthal in Germany. 1896 brought three important aeronautical events. In May...
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    engineer Otto Lilienthal, whose research, published in 1889, strongly influenced later designers. The type of aircraft employed by Lilienthal is now referred...
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    technology including the beginnings of space travel. The engineer Otto Lilienthal laid some of the fundamentals for the science of aviation. The physicist...
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  • during which both a copy of one of Lilienthal's designs and a biplane built by Chanute are tested. 9 August – Otto Lilienthal crashes after a stall caused by...
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    Union "Sacrifices must be made." ("Opfer müssen gebracht warden.") — Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (10 August 1896), fatally injured in glider...
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    as those developed in the United States by John Joseph Montgomery. Otto Lilienthal built controllable gliders in the 1890s, with which he could ridge...
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    inventors, engineers and industrialists as Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Otto Lilienthal, Gottlieb Daimler, Rudolf Diesel, Hugo Junkers and Karl Benz helped...
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    Süd. Otto Lilienthal monument - the memorial plaque which is located in Schütte-Lanz-Straße 25, Berlin-Lichterfelde, was built in memory of Otto Lilienthal...
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    John J. Montgomery, Otto Lilienthal, Percy Pilcher, Octave Chanute and Augustus Moore Herring to develop aviation. Lilienthal was the first to make...
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    his own four-stroke cycle gasoline engine in Mannheim, Germany 1885 Otto Lilienthal began experimental gliding and achieved the first sustained, controlled...
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  • chemist who made contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry. Otto Lilienthal: Father of Aviation and first successful aviator. Main discovery was...
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    flight near the end of the nineteenth century. After corresponding with Otto Lilienthal, Pilcher had considerable success with developing hang gliders. In...
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