Last August, Key reported about a home-made aircraft case where a Chinese photographer spent 100,000 yuan to turned his airplane drawing into real thing and made it to 400 meter high in the sky for 25 minutes before it landed safely. This May, a 45 years old peasant also tried to fly his home-made aircraft up. Shu Mansheng, a peasant from Wuhan Hubei Province, used to sat under a tree looking up into the sky and fantasized himself flying like a free bird when he’s little, he’s determined to make himself an aircraft one day. He finally gets to taste his dream, though it’s only for a few seconds.
Officials said that only those with pilot license and qualified for flying should fly, and that Shu’s trial is against the regulation if he try again his aircraft will be taken away. (Source from Yangzhou Evening Paper and sina)
