Workshop: Flying Over Spain with Abbas Firnas

Hands On Heritage brings you

'Flying over Spain with Abbas Ibn Firnas'

image courtesy Saudi Aramco World/SAWDIA

Explore the wonders of Flight, while travelling back in time to 

9^th Century Medieval Spain. 

•     Meet up with early aviation pioneer Abbas Firnas and learn about his hometown of Cordoba.
•      Design a rudimentary glider and investigate the effects of different wingspan patterns.
•      Watch Bernoulli’s Principle in action
•      Create aerofoil shapes to represent the wing shapes that help produce       Lift.
•            Create paper planes with rudders and elevators to understand the significance of the tail that Abbas Firnas needed for his glider to succeed.
•            Appreciate the contributions of European medieval scientists to our present-day lives.

         Max. duration: 2 hrs       
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