Giovanni Battista Danti tried it with pinions of iron and feathers in15th-century Perugia,hurtling over the piazza and crash-landing on the church.

• 15世纪意大利佩鲁贾的乔瓦尼·巴蒂斯·但丁用铁翼和羽毛尝试飞行，他掠过广场摔落在教堂顶上。