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It inspires confidence at once.",4,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[22],{"id":23,"tag":24},4925209,{"id":25,"tag_name":26},922,"flying",{"id":28,"quote_text":29,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":30,"source":31,"quote_tag":32,"commentary":38},1936698,"We returned home, after these experiments, with the conviction that sailing flight was not the exclusive prerogative of birds.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[33],{"id":34,"tag":35},4925204,{"id":36,"tag_name":37},2665,"home","**The Backstory**\nThis quote is attributed to Otto Lilienthal, a German engineer and aviation pioneer, who made significant contributions to the development of human flight in the late 19th century. In the 1890s, Lilienthal conducted a series of glider experiments, which led to a deeper understanding of aerodynamics and the principles of flight. His work was a crucial stepping stone for the Wright brothers, who would later achieve powered flight.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe counter-intuitive truth in this quote lies in the word \"conviction.\" Lilienthal and his team didn't arrive at this conclusion by assuming they could simply replicate bird flight; instead, they were forced to confront the limitations of their own understanding. They had to acknowledge that the birds' abilities were not solely due to their biology, but also to their unique aerodynamic environment. This realization led to a fundamental shift in their approach, from trying to mimic the birds to understanding the underlying principles of flight.\n\n**How to Use This**\nIn today's fast-paced, often dogmatic professional landscape, Lilienthal's approach can be applied by embracing the unknown and the limitations of our current understanding. By acknowledging the complexity of a problem and being willing to revise our assumptions, we can break through to new insights and innovative solutions.",{"id":40,"quote_text":41,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":42,"source":43,"quote_tag":44,"commentary":9},1936687,"Artificial flight may be defined as that form of aviation in which a man flies at will in any direction by means of an apparatus attached to his body, the use of which requires personal skill. Artificial flight by a single individual is the proper beginning for all species of artificial flight, as the necessary conditions can most easily be fulfilled when man flies individually.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[45],{"id":46,"tag":47},4925194,{"id":48,"tag_name":49},326,"men",{"id":51,"quote_text":52,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":53,"source":54,"quote_tag":55,"commentary":9},1936675,"All flight is based upon producing air pressure, all flight energy consists in overcoming air pressure.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[56],{"id":57,"tag":58},4925182,{"id":59,"tag_name":60},10236,"air",{"id":62,"quote_text":63,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":64,"source":65,"quote_tag":66,"commentary":9},1936665,"Small sacrifices must be made.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[67],{"id":68,"tag":69},4925169,{"id":70,"tag_name":71},329,"sacrifice",{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":9},1936657,"But we must admit the possibility that continued investigation and experience will bring us ever nearer to that solemn moment, when the first man will rise from earth by means of wings, if only for a few seconds, and mark that historical moment which heralds the inauguration of a new era in our civilization.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[78],{"id":79,"tag":80},4925161,{"id":81,"tag_name":82},1711,"mean",{"id":84,"quote_text":85,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":86,"source":87,"quote_tag":88,"commentary":9},1936641,"One can get a proper insight into the practice of flying only by actual flying experiments. . . . The manner in which we have to meet the irregularities of the wind, when soaring in the air, can only be learnt by being in the air itself. . . . The only way which leads us to a quick development in human flight is a systematic and energetic practice in actual flying experiments.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[89],{"id":90,"tag":91},4925145,{"id":59,"tag_name":60},{"id":93,"quote_text":94,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":95,"source":96,"quote_tag":97,"commentary":9},1936624,"Particular honour belongs to those who believed in the possibility of mechanical flight when all the world was against them; not the visionaries because they hoped for it merely, but those who by sheer force of intellect perceived the means by which it could be accomplished and directed their experiments along the right path. ... The name of Lilienthal is now among the most honoured, but curiously his own countrymen were the last to recognize the value of his work.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[98],{"id":99,"tag":100},4925131,{"id":101,"tag_name":102},10518,"names",{"id":104,"quote_text":105,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":106,"source":107,"quote_tag":108,"commentary":9},1936613,"Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the most important. ... It is true that attempts at gliding had been made hundreds of years before him, and that in the nineteenth century, Cayley, Spencer, Wenham, Mouillard, and many others were reported to have made feeble attempts to glide, but their failures were so complete that nothing of value resulted.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[109],{"id":110,"tag":111},4925119,{"id":48,"tag_name":49},{"id":113,"quote_text":114,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":115,"source":116,"quote_tag":117,"commentary":9},1936601,"To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[118],{"id":119,"tag":120},4925103,{"id":121,"tag_name":122},8546,"invent",{"currentPage":124,"totalPages":124,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":8},1]