Chinesische Bauern Shu Mansheng, Mitte, und seine Partner prüfen die fliegende Untertasse, bevor ein Test in Dashu Dorf, Wuhan City, Central China Hubei provinc
Chinese farmer Shu Mansheng, center, and his partners check the flying saucer before a test in Dashu village, Wuhan city, central Chinas Hubei province, 26 September 2011. Chinese farmer Shu Mansheng, 46, succeeded in flying his self-designed and homemade flying saucer, which kept flying 2 meters above ground for over 30 seconds on 26 September 2011. The round steel flying device, which costs more than 30, 000 yuan (US$4, 700), was the fifth aircraft made by Shu, a junior middle school graduate. It measures up to 5.5 meters in diameter, and is powered by eight motorcycle engines. However, Shu failed in flying the device due to oil leakage and some other mechanical malfunctions. Shu Mansheng is a mechanism and aircraft enthusiast. He started automobile repair work 20 years ago and had completed 3 homemade planes since October 2009. He successfully made his third plane take off on May 10, 2010, but the plane kept flying only 20 seconds and crashed onto a lawn. Shu was slightly injured in the crash. Then he started to make his first flying saucer after his injury had been recovered.
