“Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the most important. ... It is true that attempts at gliding had been made hundreds of years before him, and that in the nineteenth century, Cayley, Spencer, Wenham, Mouillard, and many others were reported to have made feeble attempts to glide, but their failures were so complete that nothing of value resulted.”
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Otto Lilienthal
Otto Lilienthal, born on May 23, 1848 and died on August 10, 1896, was a renowned aviation pioneer from Germany. He is often referred to as the 'Father of Flight' and is recognized as the first person to successfully perform controlled glides with a mechanical device. more