Otto Lilienthal gliding in 1895. He was the
Otto Lilienthal gliding in 1895. He was the first to make well-documented, repeated, and successful flights with unpowered gliders. He died after a glider crash in August 1896. The Wright brothers credited him as a major inspiration to their early glider flights at Kitty Hawk
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