Repairman Builds Helicopter From Scrap Metal in Malawi

A former radio repairman in Malawi has built a helicopter out of scrap materials. While civil aviation officials have grounded him for now, he says he is not giving up. Felix Kambwiri has dreamed of flying since he was a boy.  He says he used to be fascinated with the helicopters his state president would fly during crop inspection tours. The helicopters would sometimes land on his school grounds, and he says that is when he decided he would one day make his own. Now, at the...

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