On 9 August 1896, Lilienthal’s glider stalled and he was unable to regain control. Falling from about 15 metres (49 ft), he broke his neck and died the next day.

The most significant pre-Wright brothers aeronautical experimenter was the German glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal. Between 1891 and 1896, he built and flew a series of highly successful …

Having explored the physical principles governing winged flight, Lilienthal began to design and build gliders on the basis of the information he had gathered. Between 1891 and 1896, he …

Lilienthal standard glider, monoplane hang glider designed, built, and first flown by the German aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal in 1894. The Lilienthal standard glider was the single most …

2024年3月28日 · Otto Lilienthal was an aviation pioneer who designed numerous innovative gliders to demonstrate the notion of heavier-than-air flying.

The Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat (German: "Normal soaring apparatus") is a glider designed by Otto Lilienthal in Germany in the late 19th century. It is considered to be the first aeroplane to …

Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal designed and built several novel, unpowered gliders with which he was able to demonstrate the concept of heavier-than-air flight.