Lilienthal
Americannoun
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David E(ly), 1899–1981, U.S. public administrator.
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Otto 1848–96, German aeronautical engineer and inventor.
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Example Sentences
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“It’s caused a great amount of uncertainty,” Lilienthal told Salon in a phone interview.
From Salon
On July 21, 1948, at a private meeting with a few top generals and David Lilienthal, the Atomic Energy Commission’s chairman, Truman, looking down at his desk reflexively, spoke in a way he never did in public:
From Slate
Newly presented is German aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal’s elegant Standard Glider, an antique version of the modern hang glider.
From Washington Post
The 1894 bat-winged craft is the only original Lilienthal glider in the Western Hemisphere, and one of only six that still survive, the museum says.
From Washington Post
Lilienthal was known in his day as “the Flying Man.”
From Washington Post
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