Salomon Idler

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Salomon Idler (born February 11, 1610, in Cannstatt; died probably 1669 in Augsburg) was a German shoemaker and a failed Augsburg aviation pioneer.

At the time of his first and simultaneously last attempt to fly with two self-built wings on both arms, he lost control over his flying apparatus and plunged into a bridge, which collapsed under the force of the landing. Four chickens, which at this point in time were under the bridge, died. After his unsuccessful attempt at flying, he burned his aviation device in a field in the vicinity of Augsburg-Oberhousen. Originally, Idler has planned to fly down from the Perlach tower, 63 meters high, but a cleric was finally able to persuade him to take off from a lesser height.