In 852, a 1000 years before the #airplane by Wright brothers, Abbas Ibn Firnas jumped from the minaret of the Grand Mosque in #cordoba using a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts.
The cloak slowed his fall, creating what is thought to be the 1st parachute, and leaving him with only minor injuries
His designs would have been an #inspiration for Leonardo da Vinci, 💯s of years later
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