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The 16 pages that link to Otto Lilienthal, each with the reason it gives.

• AerodynamicsRelated: His flight measurements linked wing shape and motion to aerodynamic performance.

• Wright brothersRelated: Lilienthal’s published data and gliding practice helped shape the Wrights’ initial experiments.

• AirfoilRelated: His experiments with curved wings helped turn airfoil design into an empirical practice.

• Fixed-wing aircraftRelated: His measured gliding experiments informed later aircraft designers.

• History of aviationRelated: His measured gliding experiments supplied practical evidence about lift and control.

• AviationRelated: His experiments supplied data and inspiration to later airplane designers.

• George CayleyRelated: Lilienthal turned the study of gliding into a sustained experimental program decades after Cayley.

• Wilbur WrightRelated: Reports of Lilienthal’s death prompted Wilbur to investigate the problem of human flight.

• Octave ChanuteRelated: Lilienthal’s experiments supplied Chanute with evidence and inspiration for his own investigations.

• Early aviationRelated: His systematic gliding experiments supplied practical evidence for flight design.

• Hang glidingRelated: His experiments established an early precedent for piloted, unpowered flight.

• AeronauticsRelated: His measurements and flight experience informed later aircraft experimentation.

• AirplaneRelated: His gliding experiments supplied practical evidence about wing performance before powered flight.

• Lawrence HargraveRelated: Like Lilienthal, Hargrave used repeated experiments to turn flight observations into design knowledge.

• Percy PilcherRelated: Lilienthal’s flights provided a prominent example for Pilcher’s gliding work.

• John Joseph MontgomeryRelated: Lilienthal’s published work formed part of the international context for Montgomery’s independent experiments.