Lagari Hasan Celebi
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Lagari Hasan Celebi (Turkish: Lagari Hasan Çelebi) is considered the first person to have flown. In the 17th century he was launched in the air in a rocket, which was composed of a large cage with a conical top filled with gunpowder. The flight was accomplished as a part of celebrations performed for the birth of Ottoman Emperor Murat IV's daughter.
He is believed to have made a soft landing in the Bosporus and was rewarded by the sultan with a valuable military position in the Ottoman army. The flight was estimated to have lasted about 20 seconds and the maximum height reached around 300 meters.