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The
photograph shows Otto Lilienthal (Germany) in an 1896 flight in his hang-glider.
This was one of his later aircraft, and he was killed in a crash in August
of 1896. His previous machines had attempted to exploit flapping wings
for powered flight (ornithopters) in an unsuccessful attempt to mimic the flight
of birds. Lilianthal had also unsuccessfully explored the idea of powered
flight to assist takeoff and climbing to a height at which gliding could
occur.
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