Mehmet, the District Chief of Galata, reported to the Sultan Murat IV about Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi's amazing flight using artificial wings in 1633, flying over the Golden Horn from the Galata Tower to Uskudar. The Sultan was impressed with Ahmet's skills and bravery and appointed him as a royal ornithopterist, instructing him to teach Ali, the son of Lagari Hasan Pasha, the Sultan's vizier, the secrets of flying.
Mehmet, the District Chief of Galata, reported to the Sultan Murat IV about Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi's amazing flight using artificial wings in 1633, flying over the Golden Horn from the Galata Tower to Uskudar. The Sultan was impressed with Ahmet's skills and bravery and appointed him as a royal ornithopterist, instructing him to teach Ali, the son of Lagari Hasan Pasha, the Sultan's vizier, the secrets of flying.
Mehmet, the District Chief of Galata, reported to the Sultan Murat IV about Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi's amazing flight using artificial wings in 1633, flying over the Golden Horn from the Galata Tower to Uskudar. The Sultan was impressed with Ahmet's skills and bravery and appointed him as a royal ornithopterist, instructing him to teach Ali, the son of Lagari Hasan Pasha, the Sultan's vizier, the secrets of flying.