Lilienthal

[ lil-ee-uh n-thawl; for 2 also German lee-lee-uh n-tahl ]

/ ˈlɪl i ənˌθɔl; for 2 also German ˈli li ənˌtɑl /

David E(ly),1899–1981, U.S. public administrator.

Ot·to

[awt-oh] /ˈɔt oʊ/,1848–96, German aeronautical engineer and inventor.

Example sentences from the Web for lilienthal

Lilienthal, “the Glider King,” was the first person to make repeated, successful flights on a glider.

The Segway Disaster and Other Deadly Inventions |The Daily Beast |September 27, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
It was when Lilienthal became expert at balancing himself in the air that he built a machine on the biplane principle.

The Aeroplane |Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
Last year Lilienthal chiefly experimented with double-surfaced machines.

A History of Aeronautics |E. Charles Vivian
You'd cover it with varnished cotton—that's what Lilienthal did, anyway.

The Trail of the Hawk |Sinclair Lewis

In the case of both monoplane and biplane, Lilienthal relied merely upon the weight of his body to counteract falling movements.

The Aeroplane |Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
Lilienthal in five years of time had spent only five hours in actual gliding through the air.

The Age of Invention |Holland Thompson

Lilienthal

/ (German ˈliːliəntaːl) /

Otto (ˈɔto). 1848–96, German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of glider design