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Ethiopian man will arrive in a self-made airplane on his wedding
India Today ^
| 11-26-2015
| Sanjana Agnihotri
Posted on 11/26/2015 1:01:20 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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Maybe he should get married first?
To: Citizen Zed
This has don’t do it written all over it.
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:04:47 PM PST
by
Husker24
To: Citizen Zed
About 25% of new general aviation aircraft in the USA are home built, but not from junkyard parts.
I admire this guy and his don’t quit can do attitude.
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:06:55 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
To: Citizen Zed
Interesting propeller. Can that thing thrash the air with enough authority to get airborne?
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:07:34 PM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day!)
To: 4yearlurker
At first I thought that was a propellor, too. But I’m guessing that is a heat shield to prevent the engine exhaust from catching the doped fabric/canvas on fire.
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:12:53 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: Citizen Zed
This stunt sounds like it could come to a bad end-the guy sounds a bit eccentric...
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:13:36 PM PST
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: 4yearlurker
I think that’s the heat shield, to keep the exhaust from setting the fabric alight...
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:14:33 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
To: Citizen Zed
I admire the guy's tenacity. But a few lines from the article give me a bit of concern...
"... has even sought professional advice for flying"
Well I would hope so. How about seeking some professional advice for building too?
"For him the main concern is about landing safely..."
Can't argue with that, although I hope he has a few other concerns about the events prior.
and
"...plans to take off at 90 mph and 10 meters height."
I think when you're 30 feet off the ground, you've already taken off...
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:14:39 PM PST
by
chrisser
(This space for rent.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:15:00 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
To: Citizen Zed
Has he heard of John Denver?
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:15:35 PM PST
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: Husker24
This has don’t do it written all over it.
...
The marriage or the airplane?
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:16:12 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Citizen Zed
If he is Muslim, he might have a future at NASA - if he lives long enough.
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:17:10 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Citizen Zed
Maybe he should get married first? Safe or dead, Darwin is not to be cheated.
To: Moonman62
The marriage or the airplane?
Given the choice i’d take the flight confidently!
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:23:50 PM PST
by
heshtesh
To: Husker24
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:26:33 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: aomagrat
Has he heard of John Denver? Not to cast aspersions on Denver's airmanship, he was a rich dilettante, this cat is piss poor total enthusiast. He's likely to be a dead one, but you have to love his spirit. Too bad the traits that make him a great tinkerer will never serve him in the great aerospace bureaucracy.
To: Citizen Zed
I first thought that read “Elephant man...”
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:27:59 PM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: Citizen Zed
” with aviation manuals and YouTube tutorials being his teachers”
If I was his wife no way in hell would I get on a plane that he learned to build on YouTube - just saying. =)
To: cyclotic
About 25% of new general aviation aircraft in the USA are home built, but not from junkyard parts.
A Lancair it ain’t.
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:34:54 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
To: cyclotic
His kind of immagrant is wanted
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:34:58 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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