Show SAYS ARABS WERE I FIRST FIRSTIN IN FIELD Abbas Ben Farkas First to toDie toDie toDie Die in ill Airplane Wreck Declares B By fly y General o i Said Commander Cl of ot All Air Purees of or U farts Jan 2 Americas America's claims to pioneering distinction In tho the field of or h than heavier lr flight night Ignored the obscure obscure obscuro ob ob- ob- ob but none the less authentic fact that the first human being to Invent an airplane was v an tn Arabian scientist and mechanical en engineer named Abbas ben barnas who died In the first airplane accident ent recorded In history in the tho year A A. A D D. during the rel reign n of ot tho CalIph Caliph Cal Cal- al 11 Abbas who not only was famed as 5 an m astronomer but as 19 rm nn Inventor In as well conceived according to historical documents documents documents docu docu- ments still In a existence at It Bas Bagdad ad the lac Id t 1 n r f nr mechanical flight nn as l n. n u means to approaching the heavens an and aiding astronomical observation With the tho consent and md assistance of ot the Call Caliph h he set ct to work to construct a x machine In tho the likeness of a a. bird with with a clockwork motor to actuate tho wings When the contrivance was completed Abbas In to tho pr presence sence of tho the caliph and andi anda a i Jr great at multitude actually effected a sustained flight of or several eral seconds but butIn butin In n landing his machine was wrecked and the tho Inventor was hurled headlong against a tree and killed Instantly The secret of or the first airplane construction construction construction con con- died with tho the Inventor In Al offered huge huse inducements I Ithe to other eminent scientists to pursue the tho ho study of ot aviation and restore and improve c tho the Abbas ben hen larnas machine I but none was nas found with sufficient genius to repeat repert tho the pioneer fliers flier's exploit ex- ex ex exploit c. c I 1 although scores of or attempts were mr made c an and at least ono one other eminent contemporary of the tho great caliph met methia methis his hia death caUl In attempting mechanical flight ht This second victim of ot aviation was Ismael bon ben Ul harl who I in testing a primitive c form fonn of ot budder foil fell from Crom tIre the root o of m Jo and died letl o of injuries I |