History of science: Abbas Ibn Firnas, The First Man To Fly Ever
Abbas Ibn Firnas was born in the 9th century in Izn-Rand-onda Al Andalusia the present day Ronda, Spain but spent most of his adult life in the Emerate of Cordota, one of the biggest learning hubs during the Umayyad caliphate dynasty. In 875 century, at the age of 65 to 70, Ibn Firnas attempted to fly using a hang glider he manufactured made of feathers and wood, after hours of observing the bird's behaviours in flight. Ibn Firnas flew for several minutes, gliding on the air currents like raptor for 10 minutes, the flight left him disappointed and injured. He later realised his mistakes for neglecting mechanics of landing which couldn't balance his flight in air culminating crashed landing. In another 12 years he lived after the abortive attempts, Ibn Firnas realised that slow landing is achieved through collaborative effort between tail and wings, conclusion he reached after decades of researches of bird flight and their landings brought series of development in aviation indus