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Near Berlin, Germany, 1891. History's first successful
bird-man, Otto Lilienthal, tests one of his earliest braced monoplane
gliders. Lilienthal managed to manoeuvre his gliders by swinging
his body to shift the centre of gravity. His method of flight control
is still used today by hang glider enthusiasts. The Smithsonian
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Foto d'epoca dal libro "Silent Wing" di Gerard M. Devlin
The Saga of the U.S. Army and Marine Combat Glider Pilots During World War II
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| Dure Park, Illinois, 1895. Test pilot August Heinz hang-glider down a breezy sand dune along Lake Michigan's shoreline with an experimental Chanute biplane glider. The Smithsonian Institution |
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| October 24, 1911, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Eight years after making aviation history with their Flyer powered airplane, the Wright Brothers returned to Kitty Hawk to conduct more flight control experiments. With Orville at is control, this glider remained aloft for 9 minutes an 45 second, setting a soaring record that remained unbroken for the next ten years. The Smithsonian Institution |
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| Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1901. This is the second glider that the Wright Brothers built. Here, with his primitive aircraft at rest in the sand, Wilburn Wright practices shifting his body from side to side just as he will do to control it while in flight. The Smithsonian Institution |
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| Germany 1936, Civilians use a shock cord to launch a Prüffling glider. Vintage Sailplane Association |
