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THE ANCIENT DREAM OF FLIGHT

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To fly was always more than just a technical problem. Facts, data and pictures enable us to write the short story of human flight. Hereafter the long prehistory of fantastic projects, astonishing ideas and adventurous attempts comes to an end.

Vacuum airship project of an Italian Jesuit priest Francesco Lana de Terzi, Francesco Lana de Terzi, Francesco Lana de Terzi, 1670, From the collection of: Otto-Lilienthal-Museum
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Airmail ship "Minerva", Robertson, Robertson, model: Serowski, Harald/Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, 1804, From the collection of: Otto-Lilienthal-Museum
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"Wayfarer through the air", unbekannt, unknown, model by H. Serowski/Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, 1797, From the collection of: Otto-Lilienthal-Museum
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flight attempt of the "tailor from Ulm" (1811-05-31) by Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger, Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger, and model: Serowski, HaraldOtto-Lilienthal-Museum

The "tailor of Ulm"

Airship project (1709) by Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão and Bartolomeu Lourenço de GusmãoOtto-Lilienthal-Museum

Truth? - Report described the airship of Bartolomeo Lourenço de Gusmão

steam driven airship (1852-09-24) by Baptiste Henri Jacques Giffard and Baptiste Henri Jacques GiffardOtto-Lilienthal-Museum

Truth! Steam powered airship

airship with an electric engine (1883-10-08) by Albert und Gaston Tissandier, Tissandier, Gaston & Albert, and model: Grils/Otto-Lilienthal-MuseumOtto-Lilienthal-Museum

Airship with an electric engine, 1883

Gasoline driven airship (1896) by Friedrich Hermann Wölfert and Wölfert, Friedrich HerrmannOtto-Lilienthal-Museum

Gasoline airship of 1896

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