Ottino & Wyllie 1910 Direct Lift Device

“Aerostatic and Heavier-than-air Aeronautical machine” designed by engineer Giuseppe Pietro Ottino and George Algernon Wyllie. Although the two men patented their invention (filed in 1909) as No.6378 A.D. 1909, it is very likely Ottino invented and designed the machine while Wyllie, an English gentleman, furnished the funds for its construction. A model based on a rotary plane system, it was displayed at the Olympia Aero Show in London during March 1910.

Ottenbacher, Ernst

Ernst Ottenbacher (1884-1985) built his first (unsuccessful) monoplane in 1911, more or less a Blériot inspired machine. Later, he went to the Schulze flying school, where he got his flying licence (Nr. 336). He built then his second monoplane, a Schulze copy, and flew it at the Cannstadter Wasen.