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page 1German glider pilots

Otto Lilienthal
German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)

Erich Hartmann
German officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1922–1993)

Kurt Student
German Luftwaffe general (1890–1978)

Hanna Reitsch
German aviator (1912–1979)
Hermann Graf
German officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1912–1988)
Gustave Whitehead
possible first powered manned flight (1874–1927)
Horten brothers
aircraft designers

Wolfgang Späte
German World War II fighter pilot (1911–1997)
Wolf Hirth
German gliding pioneer (1900-1959)
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
German female aviator and test pilot in German Luftwaffe dive bombers during World War II
Martin Schempp
German engineer (1905–1984)

Felix Kracht
German aerospace engineer (1912–2002)
Ernst Steinhoff
rocket scientist (1908–1987)
Gerhard Waibel
aerospace engineer
Hans-Werner Grosse
German pilot
Heini Dittmar
German aviator (1911–1960)
Klaus Ohlmann
German aviator
Wolfgang Klemperer
aviation and aerospace scientist and engineer (1893–1965)
Oskar Dinort
Recipient of the Knight's Cross (1901-1965)

Liesel Bach
German aviator (1905–1992)
Friedrich Geißhardt
German World War II fighter pilot
Julius Hatry
German aerospace engineer (1906–2000)
Helmut Reichmann
German glider pilot (1941–1992)
Peter Riedel
German gliding champion
Joachim Kuettner
German-American scientist