"All flight is based upon producing air pressure, all flight energy consists in overcoming air pressure."

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Source : "Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst". Book by Otto Lilienthal; English edition: Birdflight As The Basis of Aviation (1911), 1889.

Otto Lilienthal

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“I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart away. Instead I find myself starring into a pair of oceans - one perfect, the other blemished by that tiny ripple. "You're very attractive." I've been complimented on my appearance before. But never in his tone of voice. Of all the things he's said, I don't know why this catches me off guard. But it startles me so much that without thinking I blurt out, "I could say the same about you." I pause. "In case you didn't know." A slow grin spreads across his face. "Oh, trust me. I know.”
“Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.”
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“A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.”
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