Heroes of Flight: George Cayley & Otto Lilienthal

George Cayley was know as the ...

• The Flying Man

• Father of Aviation

• The Flying Pioneer

• Glider Man

Otto Lilienthal was known as

• The Flying Scholar

• The Father of Aviation

• The Glider King

• The Flying Man

George Cayley and Otto Lilienthal were both...

• British

• German

• fascinated with birds as children

• soldiers in a war and had to put their inventions on hold

Who said "I don't think a flying machine would need flapping wings like a bird"?

• Otto Lilienthal

• George Cayley

• The Wright brothers

Who published the book " Birdflight As the Basis of Aviation"?

• Otto Lilienthal

• George Cayley

• The Wright Brothers

Who engraved his design for an airplane into a silver medalion?

• Otto Lillienthal

• George Cayley

Otto Lilienthal and George Cayley invented engine powered gliders.

• True

• False

• Kind of

Check all that are true...

• George and Otto were inventors of gliders

• George and Otto were both good at science and math

• George and Otto both were able to capture their achievements on film

• George and Otto believed in powered flight one day

Otto Lilienthal can be thought of as an "early YouTuber".

• True

• False

Check all that apply. Otto L ...

• was an inspiration to the Wright brothers

• built a special hilltop platform to launch his gliders

• flew a glider 900 feet across Brompton Dale in Yorkshire

• wrote George Cayley to tell him about his achievements