The supporting powers of time air and of the wind depend on… - Otto Lilienthal

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The supporting powers of time air and of the wind depend on the shape of the surfaces used, and the best forms can only be evolved by free flight through the air.

Otto Lilienthal

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Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896), the German "Glider King," was a pioneer of human aviation.

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Alternative Names: Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal

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The difficulty of rising into the air increases rapidly with the size of the apparatus. The uplifting of a single person, therefore, is more easily attained than that of a large flying machine loaded with several persons.

The maintenance of equilibrium in forward flight is a matter of practice, and can only be learned by repeated personal experiment.

All flight is based upon producing air pressure, all flight energy consists in overcoming air pressure.

The supporting powers of time air and of the wind depend on the shape of the surfaces used, and the best forms can only be evolved by free flight thr… - Otto Lilienthal

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