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Soaring100
On October 24, 1911, Orville Wright soared for almost 10 minutes in North Carolina, U.S.A., and started the sport and science of modern soaring as we know it today. That record held for almost 10 years.
A century later this has been the occasion for an international celebration called SOARING100 at the original location. The Otto-Lilienthal-Museum participated with a lecture.
Ikareum - a museum
about the history of Man Flight
"Ikarus - the flying man" was the title of an exhibition
in the ruins
of the the church "St. Nikolai" in summer 2007. It was a
foretaste of what is to come in this central building in the city of
Anklam, a museum about the ancient dream of mankind - to fly with
artificial wings like a bird. Part of this project called "Ikareum"
will exhibit objects from the collection
of G. Burghardt, ("First hang glider museum of the world").
In 2010 the roof of the nave has been restored.
 
New
glider model kits Eight models of the most
important glider and aircraft constructions of Otto Lilienthal have
been designed as 1/160 scale models by Aerobase/Japan.  
Two sets (each
containing 4 model kits) are available
in our shop. "Otto Lilienthal - To fly like a bird"
The official guide to the museum is available in English now.
The Lilienthal glider and aircraft constructions, life,
accomplishments, landmarks of his work and life in Germany - summed up
in our museum brochure.
Collection
News The failed project for an
aircraft designed on the basis of premium automobile technology, with
high-end diesel engines, convenience and safety has a place in the
museum: 
High
performance aircraft TT 62
more
Information...
Here are some very exciting
acquistions to the Museum's collection:
With the help of different partners, we have been able to purchase some
very significant and spectacular new objects for the museum's collection: The
museum was able to purchase some letters, written by Otto Lilienthal -
new details to augment the published
correspondence of Lilienthal. The index
of his correspondence is available on our website, as well.
A particularly exciting new exhibition piece is the steam engine No. 137, produced
in 1889 in Lilienthal's machine works in Berlin. This unique specimen
was purchased from an Australian collector. 
flash-film
of the engine in motion
Lilienthal's
"rotating arm device" (an aerodynamic scale) was the
first successful device for the measurement
of the force components of both lift and drag. With help of a
few preserved documents, drawings and three preserved test wings in the
Deutsches Museum
Munich we were able to complete the reconstruction of the device here
in the museum. 
Drawing of the
"rotating arm device" in Lilienthal's
book "birdflight as a basis of aviation.", 1889
Wilbur Wright said about Lilienthal's book:
"For nearly twenty years his tables and charts were the best to be
found in print." We are pleased to now present a truly valuable reprint
of the first edition of "Der Vogelflug
als Grundlage der Fliegekunst"in our
shop. A reprint
of the English version (1911)
is also available.
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