Albrecht Berblinger

Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger (24 June 1770 – 28 January 1829), also known as the Tailor of Ulm, was a German inventor and craftsman.

He was ordered to pay a large fine for working outside of the guild, and the project cost him a considerable sum of money.

The king and a large number of citizens waited for the flight, but Berblinger cancelled it, claiming that a wing was damaged.

Other accounts of this incident omit the policeman and contend that the cold Donau (Danube) and the temperature differential over it prevented the glider from lifting.

Wilhelm Busch drew a man falling into a stream in his picture story "Max and Moritz", a reference to Berblinger's failed flight.