Download or read book The Ultralight Pilot's Flight Training Manual written by Curtis Hughes and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1890's Otto Lilienthal, Germany's first and foremost contributor to the conquest of the air made over 2,000 unpowered flights in gliders he designed. Greatly inspired by Lilienthal, the Wright brothers were to study his designs, photographs, and the reports of his experiments. Today, modern ultralight aircraft reflect the early pioneering spirit of the likes of Lilienthal, the Wright brothers, Samuel Langley and Glenn Curtiss. Our wings: their vision of over one hundred years ago, are a tribute for all time to their efforts.