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Türkçe: Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi'nin Galata Kulesi'nden Doğancılar Meydanı'na İstanbul Boğazı üzerinden uçuş hattı (17. yüzyıl) English: Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi glider flight path over the Bosphorus from Galata Tower to Doğancılar Square (17th century)
Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (Ottoman Turkish: هزارفنّ أحمد چلبی,, lit. 'Polymath Ahmed the wise'; [1] [2] 1609 – 1640) was an Ottoman scientist, inventor, chemist, astronomer, physician, Andalusi musician, and poet from Istanbul, reported in the writings of traveler Evliya Çelebi to have achieved sustained unpowered flight.
Between 1630 and 1632, Hezarfen Ahmed Çelebi is said to have glided over the Bosphorus strait from the Galata Tower to the Üsküdar district in Istanbul. [5] [6] In 1633 his brother Lagari Hasan Çelebi may have survived a flight on a 7-winged rocket powered by gunpowder from Sarayburnu, the point below Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. [7] [8]
Country City Airport Notes Refs Azerbaijan: Baku: Heydar Aliyev International Airport: China: Beijing: Beijing Capital International Airport: Chengdu: Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
[1] [2] Originally established in July 2019, the Icelandic low-cost airline launched flights from its hub at Keflavík International Airport in June 2021, initially with flights within Europe. Starting in April 2022, the airline began operating flights to North America. In October 2024, the airline began its first flights to Africa.
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The XB-1's flight, livestreamed from the Mojave Air & Space Port in California, made it the first civil supersonic jet made in the U.S. to break the sound barrier.