Abbas ibn Firnas, the first aviator
Abbas ibn Firnas - the first aviator Do you know that the relationship between wings and a tail to stabilise flight first developed by Abbas Ibn Firnas which contributed to the success of the Wright brothers’ flying machine in 1903? Full name of Abbas ibn Firnas is Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini . Abbas ibn Firnas was a Berber Andalusian polymath: an inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusi musician, and Arabic-language…