In the 9th century, at the age of 65, the polymath Abbas Ibn Firnas covered his body with vulture feathers and is said to have flown "faster than a phoenix" from the hill Jabal al -' arus.
The polymath Abbas Ibn Firnas covered his body with vulture feathers. This was at the age of 65. This was in the 9th century. The polymath Abbas Ibn Firnas is said to have flown "faster than a phoenix" from the hill Jabal al -' arus. This was at the age of 65. This was in the 9th century.