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Posts Tagged ‘airplane’

  • May 29, 2012
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Ndege ya imani

I.T. specialist Gabriel Nderitu from Kenya just won’t give up on his dream and did it again: after some previous experiements with a homemade aircraft, he returns with an unmanned, remote-controlled version of a microlight aircraft. In the following video, … Read more →

  • Posted in: Gadgets, Ingenuity, Innovator Series, Metal, Transportation
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  • October 12, 2010
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The Kahawa West Aircraft

We are not really sure if this homemade aircraft will ever manage to take off (or land), but – according to the following reports aired on Kenyan TV a few days ago – I.T. specialist Gabriel Nderitu from Kahawa West … Read more →

  • Posted in: Transportation
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  • April 19, 2010
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Boys toys in Mathare Valley Slum Nairobi

Amid the squalor in one of Kenya’s most depressing slums, there is a surprising amount of flashy colour and fun Njuguna makes these toys because he like to! His clients are local people in the slum but he does sell … Read more →

  • Posted in: Community, Environment, Gadgets, Jua Kali, Materials, Metal, Recycle & Reuse, Toys, Transportation, Wood
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  • September 18, 2008
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Philip’s Model Plane at International ArtBots Show (Video)

“I feel good when I do these things.” One of my favorite stories on AfriGadget has been of Philip Isohe and his hobby of making very detailed (and working) model airplanes and buses made from scratch. Earlier this year, the … Read more →

  • Posted in: AfriGadget, How-To, Materials, Toys, video
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  • November 21, 2007
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One Man, an Airplane and a Hummer

There’s a really interesting story about a man in Kenya who claims to have created a plane from scratch. Using a Volkswagen beetle engine, and aluminium sheets for the body, Mr Gachamba made a single seater plane. He tested it … Read more →

  • Posted in: Ingenuity, Metal, Transportation
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