Abbas Ibn Firnas

Do you know the first person that tried to fly

What I will Talk About:

• Abbas Firnas's Background
• First Attempt
• His contribution to flight
• Other Inventions

The day Firnas made History

• He studied flight and watched birds
• He attempted his own flight in 875
• Made glider with wooden frames that looked like wings
• Attached feathers
• flew for 10 minutes from a mountain
• Crashed during Landing

His Death

• Injured his back from the crash
• His flying machine lacked a tail
• Prevented him from more experiments
• Died in 887.

Contribution to Flight

• Understood the role of the tail
• Now all planes land of their back wheels first

Other Inventions

• converted sand to glass
• shaped glasses to round rocks
• magnified small writing
• Reading stones

The Importance of Firnas

• We would not be traveling via plane if not firnas's experiment
• We would not be able to reach places without firnas

The Importance of Firnas

• We would not be traveling via plane if not firnas's experiment
• We would not be able to reach places without firnas

References

• Flight. (2012). In S. Al-Hassani & S. Al-Hassani (Eds.), 1001 inventions: The enduring legacy of muslim civilization. Washington, District of Columbia: National Geographic Society. Retrieved fromhttp://sptproxy.mnpals.net/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com.sptproxy.m...
• Yamatosaxon. "The Man Who Gave Us Wings." The Daily Beagle. N.p., 28 Feb. 2013. Web. 08 Oct. 2015.