Flutterby™! : homebuilt aircraft

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.