Otto Lilienthal
Otto Lilienthal
They had a dream – and the courage to pursue it: the world's first 'aeronauts'! This image shows Otto Lilienthal gliding through the air with a flying machine of his own creation. In the 1890s, he became the first person to make repeated, well-documented flights with a heavier-than-air aircraft. These flights, over 100 years ago, were landmarks of early aviation – a field that advances at breathtaking speed to this day.
