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Ibn Firnas: Pioneer of Flight by Husna Ahmed is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Ibn Firnas was an inventor and engineer who lived in Al-Andalus (modern day Spain) in the 9th century. In 875 at age 65, he designed and built a flying machine capable of carrying humans. He invited people to witness his first flight from a mountain near Cordoba, which was successful, though he suffered injuries from a poor landing method. In 888, Ibn Firnas died from injuries sustained in a failed glider test. Though his flying experiments did not work perfectly, his innovative ideas were later studied and

Author

Husna Ahmed

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