Otto Lilienthal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German aviation pioneer
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Place of Birth: Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
About Otto Lilienthal
- 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 to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders.
- Newspapers and magazines published photographs of Lilienthal gliding, favorably influencing public and scientific opinion about the possibility of flying machines becoming practical.
- On 9 August 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.
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