Page 142 - The Origin of Birds and Flight
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Flight was humanity’s dream for thou-
sands of years, and is now a discipline in
which thousands of scientists and re-
searchers expend labor, time and money.
Apart from a few very primitive experi-
ments, flying vehicles became possible
only in the 20th century. Birds, on the oth-
er hand, under inspiration from Allah,
have been flying to perfection on Earth for
the 150 million years of their existence.
Before planes, various 19th-century
inventors strapped homemade
wings to their arms and experiment-
ed jumping from high places while
flapping their arms. The results,
however, were usually fatal.
