The invention of the air friar (colorized).

In case you're interested in the real history of Eilmer of Malmsbury, a Benedectine monk who fashioned a pair of wings and attempted to fly, circa 11th century. He reportedly "glided for a few seconds" before crashing into the River Avon. www.onverticality.com/blog/eilmer-...

Eilmer of Malmesbury, The Flying Monk — On Verticality

Pictured above is Eilmer of Malmesbury, an English Benedictine monk who lived sometime in the early 11th century. He is best known for an alleged attempt at human flight, which marks one of the earl...

Brilliant

You'll probably burn in hell for that, but so, so worth it.

Apparently he was the inventor of the 3-point safety harness as well…

damn that's good

Bwahahaha

This reminds me of my modern alchemy joke:

People were so bored back then.

What no pussy does to a mf (laudatory)