judged by history as bizarre, a Scottish alchemist who jumped the walls of a castle 500 years ago, with wings made from chicken feathers may have been really the first man to fly. John Damian was not only successful, experts say now, but may even have invented the first hang glider in history. The jump of Damian, which occurred in 1507, it is thus the first flight experiment to succeed, creating a parody, the positive end of the legend of Icarus. Damian planned to fly with these wings of chicken feathers from Stirling Castle up in France, supported by the support of King James IV of Scotland to demonstrate the glory of the Renaissance. His project ended with what was considered a failure (!) Having the alchemist flew a short distance, landing near the piles of manure of the castle, broke his leg. The alchemist if taken with his wings, saying that the chickens can not fly and therefore should have realized that he could not fly over such a long stretch and, therefore, ridiculed, abandoned the project. Despite the satire that his experiment gave birth today to Professor Charles McKean, professor of architectural history at the University of Dundee, claimed to have evidence to suggest that, despite its failure on the destination never reached, flew Damian something for half a mile beyond a 75-meter chasm. The point of the castle from which Damian took flight, the western parapet is too high to ensure the survival of everyone. But not for Damian the alchemist, who was thus saved from his wings functional. Did not arrive in France, but fled and then was saved thanks to his own project. John Damian duqnue the alchemist was the first man to fly.
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