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rickofudall

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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:18 pm Post subject: Happy Birthday Otto, May 23rd

Guys and Gals, I meant to send this earlier today, but test flying and a 4 1/2 year old got me distracted. While others attempted flight sporadically or based upon erroneous assumptions, German engineer Otto Lilienthal was the first to undertake a systematic investigation of flying and conduct a flight test program. He bought the dirt from a canal project and had his own private hill made with a shed at the top so he could keep his gliders handy. Unfortunately, he never grasped the idea of controlled flight beyond shifting his weight and his designs limited how much he could use of even that. In the end, that was what killed him. His last words to his brother, Gustav, were, "Sacrifices must be made". Pictures of him gliding down his hill were distributed all over the world and eventually inspired two brothers from Dayton, Ohio to pick up where he left off. Happy Birthday Otto, and thanks.  



Rick Girard 

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: Happy Birthday Otto, May 23rd

[quote="rickofudall"]Guys and Gals, I meant to send this earlier today, but test flying and a 4 1/2 year old got me distracted.ï¿½While others attempted flight sporadically or based upon erroneous assumptions, German engineer Otto Lilienthal was the first to undertake a systematic investigation of flying and conduct a flight test program. He bought the dirt from a canal project and had his own private hill made with a shed at the top so he could keep his gliders handy. Unfortunately, he never grasped the idea of controlled flight beyond shifting his weight and his designs limited how much he could use of even that. In the end, that was what killed him. His last words to his brother, Gustav, were, "Sacrifices must be made". Pictures of him gliding down his hill were distributed all over the world and eventually inspired two brothers from Dayton, Ohio to pick up where he left off. Happy Birthday Otto, and thanks.  



Rick Girardï¿½



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cayley   First

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Lilienthal      Second



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rickofudall

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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 8:42 am Post subject: Happy Birthday Otto, May 23rd

Dennis, I agree that Cayley did much. I should have put more emphasis onÂ conducting a flight test program. By all reports, Cayley flew his coachman once. Lilienthal made hundreds of his own flights. I guess I put more credit with the man who puts his convictions and beliefs on his own back and not on a hired hand. 



Rick



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 [quote="rickofudall"]Guys and Gals, I meant to send this earlier today, but test flying and a 4 1/2 year old got me distracted.ï¿½While others attempted flight sporadically or based upon erroneous assumptions, German engineer Otto Lilienthal was the first to undertake a systematic investigation of flying and conduct a flight test program. He bought the dirt from a canal project and had his own private hill made with a shed at the top so he could keep his gliders handy. Unfortunately, he never grasped the idea of controlled flight beyond shifting his weight and his designs limited how much he could use of even that. In the end, that was what killed him. His last words to his brother, Gustav, were, "Sacrifices must be made". Pictures of him gliding down his hill were distributed all over the world and eventually inspired two brothers from Dayton, Ohio to pick up where he left off. Happy Birthday Otto, and thanks.

  

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