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| Title |
Otto Lillienthal: "the greatest of the precursors" |
| Personal
Name |
Jakab, Peter L. |
| Publication
Title |
AIAA journal |
| Pages |
p.601-607, illus. |
| Notes |
18 refs. |
| Publication
Year |
Apr. 1997 |
| Language |
English |
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journal article |
| Country |
United States |
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Term |
Airplanes and Flights |
| Volume(Issue) |
35(4) |
| Abstract |
Technical discussion of the German, Otto Lillieanthal's (1848-1896) aeronautical contributions, particularly his experiments with gliders, his table of lift coefficients--used by the Wright brothers but revised by them in their wind tunnel experiments--and, ultimately, his inspiration to the Wright brothers which they fully acknowledged. Wilbur Wright called him "without question the greatest of the precursors". |
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