John Damian
From Graces Guide
At Stirling Castle, 1507 John Damian, physician, alchemist, and court favourite of James IV. ascended the battlements of Stirling Castle in an attempt to fly to France, adorned with large wings made from chicken feathers. His experiment failed, and he ended up in a dunghill in front of the walls, alive, but with a broken leg. He later claimed his failure was due to the type of feathers he had used, since chickens cannot fly, he should have used something else instead.
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