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𝘼𝙗𝙗𝙖𝙨 𝙄𝙗𝙣 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙨 was the first to construct flying machine in 9th century AD. Ibn Firnas was the first person to make a 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚!

In the 9th century he designed a double winged apparatus, roughly resembling a bird costume. In his most famous trial near Cordoba in Spain. Ibn Firnas flew upward for a few moments, before falling to the ground and partially breaking his back. His designs would undoubtedly have been an inspiration for famed Italian artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci's hundreds of years later, said Hassani.bn Firnas reportedly made an early attempt at aviation. It has been suggested that Ibn Firnas's attempt at glider flight might have inspired the attempt by Eilmer of Malmesbury between 1000 and 1010 in England. A poem written by Mu'min ibn Said, a court poet of Córdoba under Muhammad I (d. 886), who was acquainted with and usually critical of Ibn Firnas. Ibn Said's poem states:

"He surpassed in velocity the flight of the ostrich, but he neglected to arm his body with the strength of the vulture."

Read more:-
📚Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (Spring, 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator: A Case Study of Technological Innovation, Its Context and Tradition", Technology and Culture 2 (2), p. 97-111 [101]:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_ibn_Firnas
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/29/muslim.inventions/index.html