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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]
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)
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Neil B. Hutchinson, Silver Flight. Apollo missions 16, 17 and Apollo-Soyuz. [2] Flight activities officer (FAO) The FAO planned and supported crew activities, checklists, procedures and schedules. Flight dynamics officer (FDO or FIDO) Responsible for the flight path of the space vehicle, both atmospheric and orbital.
Hezarfen Airfield is named after Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi, a legendary Ottoman aviator, who flew across the Bosporus in the 17th century, as told by a contemporary traveler Evliya Çelebi. The 500 acres (200 ha) airfield is on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Büyükçekmece to the south and by the motorway O-3 / E80 to the north. It is 50 km (31 ...
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.
This category contains biographical articles about people who made significant pioneering accomplishments in aviation, either as accomplished aviators, or by contributing in some other substantial and lasting way to the art and science of aviation.