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Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by fulanimafia: 6:38pm On Aug 24, 2015
Most of us are happy to try a spot of DIY but there aren't many who would take on the challenge of building their own aircraft.
These unusual looking planes are the creations of amateur engineers in Africa who have made their own jets - often just using scrap metal, a book guide and a lot of improvisation.
Despite their lack of material, training and money, these determined aviation-enthusiasts have managed to build their own machines.

But there are a few success stories - 24-year-old physics student Nigerian Mubarak Muhammed Abdullahi being one of them.
He spent nearly a year building a 12-metre (39ft) long helicopter out of spare parts sourced from old cars, motorcycles, and even a crashed Boeing 747. He used money he saved from repairing cell phones and computers.
His bright yellow contraption with a salvaged Honda Civic engine could actually reach heights of seven ft. His invention helped secure him a scholarship to study aircraft maintenance in the UK.



Handmade: Mubarak Abdullahi, 24, stands next to the helicopter he constructed in Kano, Nigeria.


Creative: Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, used old cars and motorbikes to build his own helicopter in his back garden


Starting out: Aminu Abubakar can be seen welding the skeleton of a his helicopter out of scrap metal.


The homemade plane, which Abdullahi completed in 2007, earned him a scholarship to study aircraft maintenance in the UK.


Innovation: It may look like a car, but Abdullahi, pictured sitting in the front seat, used old car parts to make his own helicopter.

SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html

Cc: lalasticlala, Ishilove

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by memudyink: 6:40pm On Aug 24, 2015
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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by ammyluv2002(f): 6:40pm On Aug 24, 2015
Wow! Awesome...."More power to his elbow"



Btw, don't let Oyibo buy you....always remember your Country

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by fulanimafia: 6:41pm On Aug 24, 2015
Impressive. Earlier today the news was about a the first US flight instructor from Kano, now its an aircraft innovator.

Kano state is taking aviation personal these days. Kudos to our worthy ambassadors.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by Ilekeh(f): 6:42pm On Aug 24, 2015
Can it fly?

I hope it's not like the death trap kekenapep my Abian people are passing off as helicopter.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by SeverusSnape(m): 6:42pm On Aug 24, 2015
Good. More grease to his elbows.
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by fulanimafia: 6:44pm On Aug 24, 2015
Ilekeh:
Can it fly?

I hope it's not like the death trap kekenapep my Abian people are passing off as helicopter.

fulanimafia:

His bright yellow contraption with a salvaged Honda Civic engine could actually reach heights of seven ft. His invention helped secure him a scholarship to study aircraft maintenance in the UK.[/b]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by lalasticlala(m): 6:46pm On Aug 24, 2015
2013 news

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by QuotaSystem: 6:47pm On Aug 24, 2015
Ilekeh:
Can it fly?
I hope it's not like the death trap kekenapep my Abian people are passing off as helicopter.

grin grin grin

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by alcmene: 6:49pm On Aug 24, 2015
Rubbish...did he fly in that piece of aluminum he called helicopter??
Didnt he see that of Imo state dude??
Scholarship wasted undecided
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by koife(m): 6:49pm On Aug 24, 2015
Mean while oshomole urges pmb to probe Pedro sale
Report reaching our desk have it that Edo state governor Adams oshomole have asked PMB to as a matter of urgency probe the sale of Pedro to Chelsea fc. According to source who pleaded anonymity with our correspondence decried that the actual amount paid was way above what was on paper...infact he also accused platini sleaziness where over 200 million pounds was discovered to have been expended unofficially via kick backs in the transfer deal.
The governor who led the delegation to aso villa however didn't show any evidence to backup his claims.
Meanwhile eFCC/icpc/DSS early this morning detained José morinho and sealed off Standford bridge pending the outcome of the probe.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by SeverusSnape(m): 6:49pm On Aug 24, 2015
QuotaSystem:


grin grin grin



...the chestbeaters didn't let us hear word that day.





Is your mom still from South south? grin

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by Nobody: 6:49pm On Aug 24, 2015
...yet another brain drain...why can't Nigeria have her own Embraer? All the best to this young man as he fulfils his dreams..
#Dreamsdocometrue
#Justbelieve

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by zuchyblink(m): 6:49pm On Aug 24, 2015
does it fly?
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by fulanimafia: 6:54pm On Aug 24, 2015
lalasticlala:
2013 news

In all fairness sire, the Mbaise copter that made FP was not dated, and it was from a dodgy blog.
http://yesreport..co.uk/2015/08/checkout-this-made-in-mbaise-copter.html?m=0
https://www.nairaland.com/2509857/checkout-made-mbaise-copter-photo#36713847

alcmene:
Rubbish...did he fly in that piece of aluminum he called helicopter??
Didnt he see that of Imo state dude??
Scholarship wasted undecided

The UK Daily mail reported that it flew.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html

Cc: Huangcheng

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by Mansongx(m): 7:03pm On Aug 24, 2015
Wow! Some people will surely feel baad, baad and dejected.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by Kyase(m): 7:15pm On Aug 24, 2015
ammyluv2002:
Wow! Awesome...."More power to his elbow"



Btw, don't let Oyibo buy you....always remember your Country
and them go say hausas dull.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by Nobody: 7:16pm On Aug 24, 2015
An over 10-years-old news. so where is the guy and his scholarship? *scholarship for aircraft MAINTENANCE?*
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by Kyase(m): 7:18pm On Aug 24, 2015
Mansongx:
Wow! Some people will surely feel baad, baad and dejected.
the rate at which northeners are taking education this days ehn. Almost everybody is going to school in the north.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by kennyman2000(m): 7:30pm On Aug 24, 2015
Nice one..
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by ignis: 7:30pm On Aug 24, 2015
Can it fly?
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by alizenbohr: 7:31pm On Aug 24, 2015
fulanimafia:


UK Daily mail reported that it flew.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html

But Daily mail never said it flew.
It was the guy who claimed it lifted about a foot off the ground.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by fulanimafia: 7:43pm On Aug 24, 2015
alizenbohr:


But Daily mail NEVER said it flew.
It was the guy who claimed it lifted about a foot off the ground.

You're mistaken bro,we are not talking about Mwangi the Kenyan from Magomano, but Mustapha the Nigerian from Kano.

Check the last paragraph.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by alizenbohr: 7:55pm On Aug 24, 2015
fulanimafia:


You're mistaken bro,we are not talking about Mwangi the Kenyan from Magomano, but Mustapha the Nigerian from Kano.

Check the last paragraph.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html




Ok.
I see.
My mistake.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by alizenbohr: 7:55pm On Aug 24, 2015
fulanimafia:


You're mistaken bro,we are not talking about Mwangi the Kenyan from Magomano, but Mustapha the Nigerian from Kano.

Check the last paragraph.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html




Ok.
I see my mistake.
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by olawalepopoola: 8:47pm On Aug 24, 2015
Some members of Wailers Association of Nigeria (WAN) may come and say that Hausas are dummies and less intelligent than some part towards the rising of the sun

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by lordtech(m): 9:10pm On Aug 24, 2015
Wow, that's cool. Congrats bro cheesy. Na Who say Aboki no sabi book?

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by ItsMeAboki(m): 9:30pm On Aug 24, 2015
olawalepopoola:
Some members of Wailers Association of Nigeria (WAN) may come and say that Hausas are dummies and less intelligent than some part towards the rising of the sun

LOL, its always good to let the chest beaters underestimate you till the day they decide to dare you; then of course nothing beats the shock you see on their faces when the realise otherwise.

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by Duru1(m): 9:37pm On Aug 24, 2015
fulanimafia:
Most of us are happy to try a spot of DIY but there aren't many who would take on the challenge of building their own aircraft.
These unusual looking planes are the creations of amateur engineers in Africa who have made their own jets - often just using scrap metal, a book guide and a lot of improvisation.
Despite their lack of material, training and money, these determined aviation-enthusiasts have managed to build their own machines.

But there are a few success stories - 24-year-old physics student Nigerian Mubarak Muhammed Abdullahi being one of them.
He spent nearly a year building a 12-metre (39ft) long helicopter out of spare parts sourced from old cars, motorcycles, and even a crashed Boeing 747. He used money he saved from repairing cell phones and computers.
His bright yellow contraption with a salvaged Honda Civic engine could actually reach heights of seven ft. His invention helped secure him a scholarship to study aircraft maintenance in the UK.



Handmade: Mubarak Abdullahi, 24, stands next to the helicopter he constructed in Kano, Nigeria.


Creative: Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, used old cars and motorbikes to build his own helicopter in his back garden


Starting out: Aminu Abubakar can be seen welding the skeleton of a his helicopter out of scrap metal.


The homemade plane, which Abdullahi completed in 2007, earned him a scholarship to study aircraft maintenance in the UK.


Innovation: It may look like a car, but Abdullahi, pictured sitting in the front seat, used old car parts to make his own helicopter.

SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html

Cc: lalasticlala, Ishilove

Some part of the bolded indicated he is a 24-year-old physics student. I guess he is a university student and the article fraudulently omitted such information or name of the university. It might not be a surprise that Made in Mbaise copter has not seen a physic book after high school or did not even attend high school.
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by kennydee05(m): 9:42pm On Aug 24, 2015
Congratulations bro

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Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by fulanimafia: 9:45pm On Aug 24, 2015
Duru1:


Some part of the bolded indicated he is a 24-year-old physics student. I guess he is a university student and the article fraudulently omitted such information or name of the university.

Most likely because the Daily Mail UK's editors thought naming the University he attended is irrelevant to the report, especially as credit would go to the school which probably did not contribute to his research.

Don't you think congratulations are in order instead of accusing the world renowned paper of fraud?

**
Other renowned global publications celebrating Mustapha's feat:

Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/313408/nigerian-man-builds-working-helicopters-from-junk

BBC - http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130625-africas-diy-aircraft-builders

The Guardian UK - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/oct/17/civil-engineering-africa

Live Leak - http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cd_1193059488
Re: Creator Of Kano Made Helicopter Wins UK Scholarship - Daily Mail UK by dialfa: 10:06pm On Aug 24, 2015
see these terrorists o

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