Otto Lilienthal: Air

Otto Lilienthal was German aviation pioneer. Explore interesting quotes on air.
Otto Lilienthal: 32 quotes1 like

“The difficulty of rising into the air increases rapidly with the size of the apparatus. The uplifting of a single person, therefore, is more easily attained than that of a large flying machine loaded with several persons.”

Otto Lilienthal

The Romance of Aeronautics (1912)

“All flight is based upon producing air pressure, all flight energy consists in overcoming air pressure.”

Otto Lilienthal

Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst (1889); English edition: Birdflight As The Basis of Aviation (1911).

“By practice and experience a man can (if the wind be of the right strength) imitate the complete sailing flight of birds by availing himself of the slight upward trend of some winds, by performing circling sweeps, and by allowing the air to carry him.”

Otto Lilienthal

The Romance of Aeronautics (1912)

“The supporting powers of time air and of the wind depend on the shape of the surfaces used, and the best forms can only be evolved by free flight through the air.”

Otto Lilienthal

The Romance of Aeronautics (1912)