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Abbas Ibn Firnas (810-887 A.D.), a Muslim inventor, engineer, aviator lived in Cordoba, Spain, is known for an early attempt at aviation by making the first attempt at heavier-than-air flight in aviation history. The first person in aviation history to make the first air takeoff, using the glider which he invented.
He has been commemorated on stamps from Libya, by a statue near the Baghdad International Airport, and by a namesake airport north of Baghdad. The crater Ibn Firnas on the Moon is named in his honor.
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