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Flight path, as described by Evliya Çelebi. The 17th century writings of Evliyâ Çelebi relate this story of Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, circa 1630–1632: . First, he practiced by flying over the pulpit of Okmeydanı eight or nine times with eagle wings, using the force of the wind.
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)
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]
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Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi: 1609 1640 Turkey Design Construction Aviator Glider: Reportedly achieved sustained unpowered flight for 3.36 km (2 mi) (c. 1638). [53] [nb 15] Lagari Hasan Çelebi: 17th century Turkey Design Construction Aviator Rocket
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Traveller Evliya Çelebi reported that in 1633, Ottoman scientist and engineer Lagari Hasan Çelebi blasted off from Sarayburnu in a 7-winged rocket propelled by 50 okka (140 lbs) of gunpowder. The flight was said to have been undertaken at the time of the birth of Sultan Murad IV's daughter. As Evliya Celebi wrote, Lagari proclaimed before ...