homebuilt aircraft
2007-09-19 19:19:14.258495+02 by
Dan Lyke
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A Wired article on a black South African man who, 14 years ago at the age of 12, built his own paraglider out of fertilizer sacks.
Being a Zulu in a sport dominated by whites at the tail end of apartheid brought Cyril attention -- not all of it good. "I started flying during bad times," Cyril recalls. Not everyone was pleased to see a black taking to the air -- especially not one who got significant help from whites.
After some ups and downs and walking away from the sport, he's back flying again.
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