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==Account== Evliya Çelebi reported that in 1633, Lagari Hasan Çelebi blasted off from [[Sarayburnu]], (the [[promontory]] below the [[Topkapı Palace]] in [[Istanbul]]) in a 7-winged rocket propelled by 50 [[Oka (mass)|okka]] (140 lbs) of [[gunpowder]]. The flight was said to have been undertaken at the time of the birth of [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire|Sultan]] [[Murad IV]]'s daughter. As Evliya Celebi wrote, Lagari proclaimed before launching his craft "O my sultan! Be blessed, I am going to talk to Jesus!"; after ascending in the rocket, he landed in the sea, swimming ashore and joking "O my sultan! Jesus sends his regards to you!"; he was rewarded by the Sultan with silver and the rank of [[sipahi]] in the [[Ottoman army]].<ref>Winter, Frank H. (1992). "Who First Flew in a Rocket?", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 45 (July 1992), p. 275-80</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Flying's strangest moments: extraordinary but true stories from over one thousand years of aviation history|first=John|last=Harding|publisher=[[Anova Books|Robson Publishing]]|year=2006|isbn=1-86105-934-5|page=5}}</ref> Evliya Çelebi also wrote of Lagari's brother, [[Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi]], making a flight by [[glider (aircraft)|glider]] a year earlier.
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