Farmers built aircraft to carry ... girlfriend

Funds available enthusiast with manufacture of machinery and desire to have a private jet to transport his girlfriend, a 35-year-old Chinese farmer has made successful airplane, though not yet reached the ideal speed.

Yesterday, he came from peasant village An district, the town of Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China has launched aircraft manufactured by ourselves and the result was the plane flown one segment.

British farmers and Wang Qiang-made aircraft

British farmers Wang Qiang, 35, who is hairdresser. He said the machinery manufacturing interests are rekindled in 1997, when he happened to read a magazine about a farmer who built the plane, from which he and Wang have been exploring a lot of research on the field this area.

The aircraft was designed by Wang's quite simple: No altimeter, no speedometer, nor have any equipment that handy, but only room for two passengers.

Wang sharing, to make successful aircraft weighing 78kg, length 5.6 m, 2.3 m high, he spent 4,000 yuan to buy the old airplane engines, and other necessary equipment 250 .

Design speed of the aircraft is 80-90km / h. After several minutes of startup and commissioning, the plane took off and flew above the ground about 1 meter, about 5 seconds. Then, with the encouragement of the witnesses, the trial run Monday and Tuesday, velocity and altitude of the aircraft is gradually improving. By the time Wednesday flight, the aircraft was 5 meters above the ground is about 7 seconds and the 200m fly.

Wang Qiang share, most motivated by his urge to make the aircraft is to use it for his girlfriend from Ningbo, Zhejiang his hometown.