Otto Lilienthal. His style was different from that of Ader and Maxim. He didn't try to oppose gravity.
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Early on, he studied about the flight of birds, and, in 1891, he made a glider on which a man could ride. It is a kind of hangglider that we can see in the 20th century. From a cliff of 30m high, he could glide for 350m in the sky. Even though it was just gliding, which depending on wind and updraft without propulsive energy, his glider could carry him and fly in the sky.
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This flight made him world famous and had a great influence on the following people. |
On his gravestone, the words, "We can't avoid sacrifice!" are engraved. |