Ethiopian man will arrive in a self-made airplane on his wedding

India Today ^ | 11-26-2015 | Sanjana Agnihotri

[Blood of Tyrants]

But he’ll probably have only one flight.

[SpaceBar]

Looks like it should work...

[MistrX]

He died in a kit because his reserve fuel valve handle had fallen off and he replaced it with a pair of vice grips.
They fell off when he tried to turn on reserve and he couldn’t retrieve them.
RIP indeed.

[kempster]

The clock and the airplane have already been invented.

[imardmd1]

“If Ah had the wings of an angel, over these prison walls Ah wood fly . . .”

[cableguymn]

Ethiopian man may arrive in a self-made airplane on his wedding

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

IIRC, he had been doing aerobatics all afternoon, and decided to take off for home late in the afternoon. His plane had two fuel tanks, which were manually switched. The fuel tanks and valves were located behind the pilot’s shoulders. He had unknowingly exhausted the selected fuel tank as he began his take off roll. He did not have time to switch tanks before he crashed. In the worst of all worlds scenario he had half a load of fuel right behind the pilot as he crashed. He never stood a chance.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Godspeed, Asmelash Zeferu.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Cargo cult aviation.

[Tenacious 1]

I thought this was an article from the early 1900s.

[Husker24]

Flying to your wedding in a homebuilt airplane. I can already see the headline, man dies in crash on wedding day.” It’s just bad karma.

[Farmer Dean]

Looks like something from a Little Rascals episode.

[SpaceBar]

Low miles, slightly used.

[TNoldman]

This will not rnd well. Call me Capyain Obvious

[HiTech RedNeck]

“Come Josephine in my flying machine” or something like that?

A silly centimeter too short for flight school... if he had the dough, he could probably get plastic surgery help to add that much to his stature. That’s like 3/8 of an inch.

Hold my Ethiopian beer and watch this. Yeah. Redneck knows no color. Yeehaw. I actually pray the good Lord that somehow this craft holds up and he is blessed with good takeoff and landing conditions.

[HiTech RedNeck]

And, of course, Git-R-Done. Larry’s embattled trademark notwithstanding....

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I know he plans on arriving...and he WILL arrive somewhere...somehow. But...he may not arrive at his intended destination in exactly the way he planned.

G-d willing, all will go as planned. I like this guy. He's got Moxie.

[cripplecreek]

Yeah I agree, he has my admiration.

[TNoldman]

rnd=end capyain=captain

Small virtual keyboard and big finger.

[Rodamala]

About 25% of new general aviation aircraft in the USA are home built, but not from junkyard parts.

Reason being that most homebuilts qualify as "Light Sport" aviation... which means you can legally fly it with a light sport license. Otherwise the high blood pressure medication that your doc prescribed (so you can watch the nightly news without popping a vein whenever 0bama appears on the screen), means automatic revocation of your regular private pilot's license because you can't pass the medical.