Medieval Arab flying machine (Abbas Ibn Firnas, 9th century)

Medieval Arab flying machine (Abbas Ibn Firnas, 9th century)

Medieval Arab flying machine (Abbas Ibn Firnas, 9th century)

A medieval glider constructed by Abbas Ibn Firnas.

Grades 1 – 12

Keywords

flying machine

aviation

Ibn Firnas

invention

aviation

airplane

gliding

glider

Arabic

wooden framework

structure

inventor

medieval

9th century

experiment

flight

feather

feather

science

pioneer

Arabian Peninsula

Islam

day

natural science

history

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