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Otto Lilienthal
(23 May 1848 - 10 Aug 1896)
German aeronautical engineer and inventor , a pioneer whose studies formed a foundation for Octave Chanute and the Wright brothers.
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Science Quotes by Otto Lilienthal (2 quotes)
Opfer müssen gebracht werden!
Sacrifices must be made!
Remark made when near death after breaking his spine in an airplane crash in a glider of his design.
Sacrifices must be made!
Remark made when near death after breaking his spine in an airplane crash in a glider of his design.
— Otto Lilienthal
Quoted in Warren F. Phillips, Mechanics of Flight (2004), 371.
To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.
— Otto Lilienthal
Quoted in Mark Eppler The Wright Way (2003), 13.
See also:
- 23 May - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Lilienthal's birth.
- More for Otto Lilienthal on Today in Science History page.
- Birdflight As The Basis Of Aviation, by Otto Lilienthal. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
