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The man who built his plane using YouTube videos

Mr Long grew up in  Cambodia he was one of six children of rice farmers, he had never been in an aircraft of any kind.

After seeing a helicopter when he was about six years old, he says, the urge to fly preoccupied his mind - for decades. "I always dreamt about aircraft every night. I always wanted to have my own plane," he says.

At first, it remained nothing more than a dream. Mr Long dropped out of school early and trained as a mechanic, one of the few non-farming professions available to young men without a high school education in his home.

By last year his fascination with flight had taken over and Mr Long, now aged 30 and  decided he had saved enough money to realise his childhood fantasy.

"I started building a plane, making it in secret," he says. "I was afraid that people would make fun of me, so sometimes I worked at night."

The moment of truth came on 8 March. Just before 15:00, Mr Long started the plane's engine. Three people helped to push it to his "runway":  he reached a height of 50 metres and crashing unceremoniously to the ground. Now, he is building a seaplane - also largely from scrap materials - which he believes he can make light enough to take to the skies.

MY OPINION: I think he is doing such a good job with his childhood dream. Also i think he is so smart because not everyone can make a plane only watching Youtube videos, even though it didn't work at all. Where he lives is not easy to make your dreams come true because there isn't enough money and is not well-seen. 

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