A Magnificent Man and His Flying Machines

ZHANG Dousan was a Guangdong farmer who had little or no know ledge about aviation when he began his mission to build a light air-craft. However, he immersed himself in books on the subject, and slowly began to figure out how an aircraft functions. He combed the markets of Guangdong look- ing for necessary materials, but failedto procure them. Undaunted, he set out for Beijing, where a factory owner was so moved by the farmer's sincerity and devotion to his self appointed task that he agree…

A Magnificent Man and His Flying Machines