An Ethiopian man, Asmelash Zeferu has built a
plane with tutorial videos on YouTube. 35-year-old Zeferu's childhood dream was to become a pilot but he was
rejected by the Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy and since he couldn't
realize his dream, he decided to build a plane.
"I decided to build my own aircraft if I couldn't be a pilot," he told CNN. "Then I'd be able to fly high in the sky."
For 10 years, Zeferu worked on his dream, salvaging
spare parts from second-hand markets and handcrafting certain parts like
the airplane’s wings. He then upgraded the 48 horsepower Volkswagen
Beetle engine to 78 for his two-seater aircraft and settled for the
wheelbase of a Suzuki motorcycle as his landing gear.
According to CNN, he did this with the help of some aviation experts,
aircraft manuals and YouTube tutorials. He encountered some
technical problems during the process. However, it didn’t deter the
ambitious pilot from
pursuing his goal. Five months later, he is ready to take off, again.
35 comments:
Very nice, more powers to ur Elbow
he was born to do it
Whoa! The man tried. This further proves that nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it. But I would love to have seen a video of him flying the plane.
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Hmmm...dreams do come true if u put ur mind to it!
Like serious Linda?
GUD 1 HOPE he will enjoy DE RIDE..TOmMJErRYSWIT
I just love positive creativity
Wat a talented young man
Wow! This is truly awesome
#it wiLL oNly gEt beTTer
#iT mUst eNd iN prAise
Creative
~D great anonymous!
Wow!
Dis is superb and lovely!
Thumbs up and more power to his elbows.
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Woooooow! Well done brother. Linda take note!
Woooooow! Well done brother. Linda take note!
Wow! I'm impressed.
Hope this thing wont crash
That's great...
10years on one Project!
He almost look like Jose Mourihno. Congrat bro
Linlin mi sees notin wrong with it
Just a twitt na, u better ask that ur friend denrele to come out too, hehe.
Linda's last son
Linlin mi sees notin wrong with it
Just a twitt na, u better ask that ur friend denrele to come out too, hehe.
Linda's last son
Linlin mi mbok can u postpone that ur end of the month giveaway today? Don't want this place to be littered with emails n short short msg like'congrats, OK n all that'. Encourage all this people to go and work biko. U don hear madam?
Linda's last son
Linlin mi mbok can u postpone that ur end of the month giveaway today? Don't want this place to be littered with emails n short short msg like'congrats, OK n all that'. Encourage all this people to go and work biko. U don hear madam?
Linda's last son
So much love diz...
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Nice one
Did Did it ever take off or leave that ground???
This guy should be sponsored he is way too talented #first time commenting
Nice1
So impressive!
It is better to try than not to try at all! As a man thinketh so is he. He said he can and he can. www.theotherwomaninmarriage.blogspot.com
I love his spirit. May God help him to achieve all he desires
Wonderful! More grace dear!
This is quite an inspirational story! Wow!!
oya make him fly inside am first reach Nigeria.
awesome. This man is a complete genius!
Somebody needs to warn him ooo. That yeye contraption he put together will not even withstand the wind over river Benue not to mention the Atlantic ocean.
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