In this 1894 photo, Otto Lillenthal glides through the air in a craft similar to the one on display at the National Air and Space Museum.   Known as the "flying man," the German aeronautical pioneer died following a glider crash in August 1896.

Photograph is featured in National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography 

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2002-15561

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