Issued to mark the centenary of Otto Lilienthal's pioneering glider flights of 1891–1894, during which the German engineer completed over 2,000 controlled glides before a fatal crash in August 1896 near Rhinow, Germany. The Isle of Man had no particular connection to Lilienthal — the island's prolific commemorative program throughout the 1990s routinely appropriated international subjects with no local bearing.
Issued to mark the centenary of Otto Lilienthal's pioneering glider flights of 1891–1894, during which the German engineer completed over 2,000 controlled glides before a fatal crash in August 1896 near Rhinow, Germany. The Isle of Man had no particular connection to Lilienthal — the island's prolific commemorative program throughout the 1990s routinely appropriated international subjects with no local bearing.