Aviation
Abbas ibn Firnas (810-887), a mathematician, innovator, engineer, physician, poet, and musician, was the first man to attempt to fly and created a model of a flying machine by using his imagination and continuously study of birds and their wings.
Abbas ibn Firnas quote. (Courtesy of Azquotes)
“Abbas ibn Firnas was a real scientist, scientists think about a problem find a solution to the problem and experiment, if that solution was right or not. He tried it although it didn’t work quite well, but at least he tried. We remember him because he tried.”
Prof. Maribel Fierro, Spanish National Research Council in Madrid Spain
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The first aviator Abbas Ibn Firnas (Courtesy to Youtube -41 seconds)
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Personal Interview with Professor Maribel Fierro, an academic researcher of Middle Eastern Studies at the Spain’s National Research Council in Madrid. August 3, 2015
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