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There are a number of candidates, but the one I personally admire is Eilmer "the Flying Monk". He lived approximately 981 to 1059 AD and he was a Benedictine monk at Malmesbury Abbey in England, with a passion for knowledge, science and books.
Brother Eilmer studied the flight of birds for a long period and calculated that a man should be able to fly if he had large enough wings and if he could start from a very high place such as a tower. Malmesbury Abbey had a Saxon tower at that time, about 80 feet high; there is also a drop in the land of around 55 feet as the Abbey is built on a hill.
Eilmer constructed his large wings and was able to glide for about 200 to 220 yards before crashing, breaking both his legs. He put this down to having forgotten to construct a tail, which would have stabilised his flight. He recovered enough to want to try again, but his Abbot refused permission so Eilmer was limited to hobbling around the Abbey on foot.
The story is confirmed by several writers of the time, one of whom saw his injuries and was amazed that Eilmer survived his flight.
This all took place many hundreds of years before the drawings of "flying machines" by Leonardo da vinci.
There is a link below to an article on Eilmer of Malmesbury.
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