By Tom Woodward
Before Orville and Wilber soloed a power aircraft they were already experienced glider pilots. Building on the research and experience of people like Otto Lillienthal they developed their skills gliding down the sand dune of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the early 1900s. Though Lillienthal came to grief in a gliding accident his legacy and accomplishments are memorialized with the Lillienthal Medal, the highest award in gliding.
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