He built a couple of wings out of silk and wood and had sewn real plumes. From the slopes of Jabal Al-'Arus he jumped off a high place. People said that was flying for almost 10 minutes. When he came down from his first attempt he realized there is something wrong.
As he descended into his last drop, he understood there was an issue with his plan. He had concentrated the greater part of his vitality in concentrate the mechanics of taking off yet had ignored the mechanics of landing. As he came down in very high speed and wasn’t able to control the speed, he injured himself really badly. In the last few years of his life and all the research he had done he noticed a tail was missing. A flying creature utilizes its tail and wings as one to moderate its speed and slow down simply over the ground before touching down. Ibn Firnas understood that he didn’t plan a tail.
Abbas ibn Firnas was the man who gave people the wing, and if it wasn't for Abbas ibn Firnas we wouldn’t have airplanes and we wouldn't be able to travel around the world. And millions of dollars are spent for transportation, shipping, this wouldn't have been done if it wasn’t for