Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi

Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi (lived in the 17th century in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire) is one of the first aviators, who has succeded to fly with artificial wings. He is supposed to be inspired and use the studies of Leonardo da Vinci on flight of birds. He started flying from a high tower in Constantinople and managed to fly over the Bosporus. Some few people known to succeed this kind of flight are an aviator from Moorish Spain and an English monk in 9th and 12th centuries, respectively. One of Hezarfen's friends Lagari Hasan Celebi is known to perform the first flight with a rocket in a conic cage filled with gun powder.