Otto Lilienthal

Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal 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, therefore making the idea of heavier-than-air aircraft a reality.

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Who was born first?

• Otto Lilienthal and Ferdinand Mannlicher were born the same year
• Otto Lilienthal and Loránd Eötvös were born the same year
• Otto Lilienthal and Louisa Lawson were born the same year
• Otto Lilienthal and Lewis Howard Latimer were born the same year
• Otto Lilienthal and Viktor Meyer were born the same year

Timeline

1. Ferdinand MannlicherJanuary 30, 1848 – January 20, 1904
2. Lewis Howard LatimerSeptember 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928
3. Loránd EötvösJuly 27, 1848 – April 8, 1919
4. Louisa LawsonFebruary 17, 1848 – August 12, 1920
5. Otto Lilienthal (this page)May 23, 1848 – August 10, 1896
6. Viktor MeyerSeptember 8, 1848 – August 8, 1897

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