Editing Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (section)

==Non-powered flight==
[[File:Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi Glider Flight Path.svg|270px|right|Flight path, as described by [[Evliya Çelebi]]]]

The 17th century writings of [[Evliya Çelebi|Evliyâ Çelebi]] relate this story of Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, circa 1630–1632:

{{Blockquote|text=First, he practiced by flying over the pulpit of Okmeydanı eight or nine times with [[eagle]] wings, using the force of the wind. Then, as Sultan Murad Khan ([[Murad IV]]) was watching from the Sinan Pasha mansion at [[Sarayburnu]], he flew from the very top of the [[Galata Tower]] (in contemporary [[Karaköy]]) and landed in the Doğancılar Square in [[Üsküdar]], with the help of the south-west wind. Murad Khan then rewarded him for his feat with a sack of gold coins, saying: "This man is uncanny: he is capable of doing anything he wishes. It is not right to surround oneself with such people". True to his word, he then exiled Ahmed to [[Algeria]], where the scientist remained until his death. | sign = Evliyâ Çelebi<ref name = "Evliyâ Çelebi">Çelebi, Evliya (2003). ''Seyahatname''. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık, p. 318.</ref>}}