While he started three years prior, Otto Lilienthal took the invented glider on his first successful flight in 1894. It wasn't much more than 7 Seconds, but his achievement changed the world of aviation forever. Even the Wright brothers been well aware of the "flying man" from Berlin, but the TNYT missed to mention the pioneers like Lilienthal and Gustav Whitehead, five years after the very first motor flight, in their front page report about the Wright apparatus 1906.
However, in 2024 we can celebrate the 130th anniversary of this historic event and share our #Liliental portrait with you.
Winter view of one of my favorite trees, standing apart from its peers. Most areas of Cleveland Metroparks are off limits to drone use but this particular site allows them.
February 2022, Top O Ledges picnic area (Hinckley, OH, USA)
St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral. One of the many beautiful and elaborate churches in the Cleveland area. Completed in 1913 and considered one of the finest examples of Russian church architecture in the US. This church appeared in the 1978 film "The Deer Hunter".
Photo January 2022, Cleveland Ohio USA (Tremont neighborhood)