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Eilmer of Malmesbury - The Flight | | Eilmer of Malmesbury - The Flight: Encyclopedia II - Eilmer of Malmesbury - The Flight | | William records that, in Eilmer's youth, he had read and believed the Greek fable of Daedalus. Thus, "mistaking fable for truth, he might fly like Daedalus", Eilmer fixed wings to his hands and feet and took to flight from a tower of Malmesbury Abbey:
"He was a man learned for those times, of ripe old age, and in his early youth had hazarded a deed of remarkable boldness. He had by some means, I scarcely know what, fastened wings to his hands and feet so that, mistaking fable for truth, he might fly like Daedalus, and, collectin ...
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Eilmer of Malmesbury - The Flight
William records that, in Eilmer's youth, he had read and believed the Greek fable of Daedalus. Thus, "mistaking fable for truth, he might fly like Daedalus", Eilmer fixed wings to his hands and feet and took to flight from a tower of Malmesbury Abbey:
"He was a man learned for those times, of ripe old age, and in his early youth had hazarded a deed of remarkable boldness. He had by some means, I scarcely know what, fastened wings to his hands and feet so that, mistaking fable for truth, he might fly like Daedalus, and, collecting the breeze upon the summit of a tower, flew for more than a furlong [201 m]. But agitated by the violence of the wind and the swirling of air, as well as by the awareness of his rash attempt, he fell, broke both his legs and was lame ever after." (Malmesbury, Ch. 225).
Crippled for life but undaunted, Eilmer believed that he could make a more controllable landing if his glider were equipped with a tail, and he was preparing for a second flight when the abbot of Malmesbury Abbey forbade him from risking his life in any further experiments.
Given the geography of the Abbey, his landing site, and the account of his flight, he must have remained airborne about 15 seconds. At low altitude he apparently attempted to flap the wings, which threw him out of control. His post-flight assessment qualifies him as the first "test pilot," for he sought to understand, in technological terms, what happened on the flight and why he crashed.1
Other related archives1125, 11th Century, 1850s, 875, 985, Abbas Ibn Firnas, Benedictine monk, Benedictines, Bescherelle, Cordoba, Spain, Daedalus, French, Greek, Greek fable, Halley's comet, Henry Knighton, Icarus, John Milton, John Wilkins, John Wise, Malmesbury Abbey, Moorish, Ovid, Ranulf Higden, Roger Bacon, Vincent of Beauvais, William of Malmesbury, William the Conqueror, early 11th century, invaded England
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