Otto Lilienthal
Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of aviation who became the first person to make repeated successful gliding flights.
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.
Otto Lilienthal Media
Mechanics of white stork flight in his Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst (1889)
Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895
- Lilienthalgleitermodelle
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.
The unveiling ceremony of the new monument in Berlin. Gustav (left) and Paul Baylich, August 1932
Bronze plaque medal of Stölln, where Lilienthal had his fatal accident
The Lilienthal monument, Berlin 2006
Flight attempt of Lilienthal on the Derwitzer Glider,Derwitz, 1891
Lilienthal preparing for a Small Ornithopter flight,16 August 1894
Vorflügelapparat,29 May 1895
