Question

Name the late-nineteenth-century aviator who made some 2,000 glider flights and inspired other aviators around the world.

A.Icarus

B.Samuel P. Langley

C.Otto Lilienthal

D.Bessie Coleman

Answer 1

its not A or B

Answer 2

its C. The work with gliders in Germany by the Lilienthal brothers, Otto and Gustav (1849-1933), was, arguably, the most important aerial effort prior to that of the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville. Otto Lilienthal's numerous flights, over 2,000 in number, demonstrated beyond question that unpowered human flight was possible, and that total control of an aerial device while aloft was within reach.