First Nigerian-Made Chopper takes flight, draws attention

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by Leattle Pablo | October 22, 2007 at 01:12 pm
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First Nigerian-Made Helicopter takes flight, draws attention

First Nigerian-Made Helicopter takes flight, draws attention

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A 24-year-old Nigerian physics undergraduate student, Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, of Kano's Bayero University, has successfully designed and flown what might in latter years be recognized as Nigeria's first Airborne vehicle.

The home-made helicopter which is fabricated of mostly scrap materials ranging from a second-hand 133 horsepower Honda Civic car engine, to scrap aluminium and the carcass of a Boeing 747, is proof to the abundance of genius minds even in poor underdeveloped countries...

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at 15:09 on December 29th, 2007

Mubarrak, you are building a better Nigeria, a great nation..Keep it up. Your talent is gonna bring comfort to the aviation sector in Nigeria.Assuredly, govt. will rise to the occassion, individuals will, stakeholders in the Nigerian economy will rise up ..Pablo, stay on top of your continued development . You are a winner

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