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Manufacturing a helicopter? The Web and an old truck engine are sufficient

Hanoi, Vietnam - A Vietnamese farmer would have succeeded in it but authorities have confiscated his chopper

A Vietnamese farmer would have succeeded in manufacturing a helicopter by himself by using notions found on the internet. Nevertheless, authorities have prevent this brave 'engineer' from carry on his work and make his chopper fly as he would have not been allowed. Such a resourceful peasant would state his helicopter, powered by an old Russian truck engine, is able to move upwards at '18 inches' from...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 58497
Rome, Italy, 02/17/2004 14:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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