{"id":1417,"date":"2012-03-02T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T10:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1417"},"modified":"2012-03-02T10:07:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T10:07:11","slug":"man-builds-airplane-with-scrap-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/man-builds-airplane-with-scrap-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Man builds airplane with scrap metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Airplanes are complex constructions and so you would imagine that building your own would be a very difficult task.<\/p>\n<p>However, one aeronautic fanatic is in the process of assembling a feasible flying device made only from scrap metal.<\/p>\n<p>Li Jingchun from Changbai, northern China, has only spent &pound;4,000 and two years on getting the right materials to make the vehicle as he seeks to achieve a life-long ambition.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It is my dream to fly a plane as a pilot with passengers in it. I'll get there somehow no matter what it takes,&quot; Mr Jingchun remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously the inside of the plane is quite primitive, so I don't think he'll be taking any passengers up in the air anytime soon, but it is still a great feat of engineering.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what else people will be able to make from scrap metal, possibly a helicopter or maybe a high-performance sports car.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801307955-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801307955\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Li Jingchun has spent &pound;4,000 getting enough scrap metal to build a plane. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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