外國勵志哥花500英鎊造出飛機，空軍給他頒發證書點贊

The Pakistani popcorn seller who built his own plane for just ￡500 using sack-cloth and bits of a rickshaw… and has caught the attention of the country』s air force

巴基斯坦爆米花小販僅用500英鎊，用麻袋布和人力車部件造出了自己的飛機，並引起了該國空軍的注意

來源：每日郵報 翻譯：世界播

A Pakistani popcorn seller has built his own plane using sack-cloth and bits of a rickshaw - for just ￡500.

一名巴基斯坦爆米花小販用麻袋布和人力車部件自製了一架飛機，只花了500英鎊。

Muhammad Fayyaz saved everything he could by working as a popcorn seller and a security guard, in order to realise his childhood dream and build a plane.

穆罕默德·法耶茲為了實現兒時的夢想——建造一架飛機，靠賣爆米花和當保安攢錢。

Remarkably, Mr Fayyaz, who lives in the village of Arifwala, learned to build his fantastic flying machine by mainly viewing TV clips and looking at online blueprints.

值得注意的是，住在阿里夫瓦拉村的法耶茲先生主要通過看電視視頻和在線藍圖來學習建造他那了不起的飛行器。

The plane is made from everything you wouldn"t imagine an aircraft to be made from such as a roadcutter engine, wings constructed of burlap, and wheels taken from a rickshaw.

這家飛機是由所有你想像不到的材料製成的，比如路面銑刨機做的發動機，粗麻布做的機翼，從人力車上卸下的輪子。

His stunning work has caught the attention of the country"s air force whose representatives have now visited him multiple times and even issued a certificate to commend his work.

他的傑作引起了該國空軍的注意，空軍代表已經多次造訪，甚至頒發了證書來表揚他的工作。

Speaking of his first flight, Mr Fayyaz said: "I was literally in the air. I couldn"t feel anything else."

談到他的第一次飛行，法耶茲說：「我真的在空中。我別的什麼都感覺不到了。」

Visitors have flocked to see Mr Fayyaz"s unique creation, which now sits in the empty courtyard of his three-room home in the village of Tabur in central Punjab province.

遊客們蜂擁而至，來觀看法耶茲獨特的創作。這架飛機現在放在他位於旁遮普省中部塔布爾村三室之家空蕩蕩的院子里。

Mr Fayyaz, 32, dreamed of joining the air force as a child, but his father died while he was in still in school, forcing him to drop out at the eighth grade and do odd jobs to feed his mother and his five younger siblings.

32歲的法耶茲從小就夢想著加入空軍，但他的父親在他還在上學的時候就去世了，他被迫在八年級輟學，做一些零工來養活他的母親和五個弟弟妹妹。

He was inspired to make his plane by watching episodes of the National Geographic Channel"s Air Crash Investigation for insight into thrust, air pressure, torque and propulsion.

他創作這架飛機的靈感來自於觀看國家地理頻道的幾集空難調查，以了解飛機的推力、氣壓、轉矩和推進力。

He looked at blueprints online thanks to cheap internet cafe in a nearby city, with Mr Fayyaz claiming he spliced blueprints of planes he found online for his own creation.

多虧了附近城市的廉價網吧，他能在網上查看飛機設計圖。法耶茲聲稱，他把自己在網上找到的飛機設計圖拼接起來，用於自己的創作。

He also sold a piece of family land, and took out a 50,000 rupee ($350) loan from a micro-finance NGO, which he is still paying off.

他還賣掉了一塊家裡的地，並從一家非政府小額信貸組織獲得了5萬盧比（350美元）的貸款，目前他仍在償還這筆貸款。

He used his meagre funds creatively, buying burlap sacks wholesale and persuading a kind workshop employee who had seen him scouting for materials to build him a propeller.

他很有創造力，利用自己微薄的資金批發購買麻袋，並說服一位好心的車間員工幫他尋找製造螺旋槳的材料。

Building the propeller was very much a trial and error process.

建造螺旋槳是一個反覆試驗的過程。

Some equipment needed to be replaced, designs had to be altered, the wiring had to be reworked.

有的設備需要更換，設計需要改變，線路需要重新設計。

And while he was throwing himself into making sure his design worked his family worried he was obsessed.

當他全身心投入到確保他的設計能夠奏效的時候，他的家人擔心他過於沉迷。

"I kept telling him to stop. I kept telling him to concentrate on his family and work, he was being crazy over nothing. But he didn"t listen to a single word," his mother, Mumtaz Bibi, recalled.

「我不停地叫他停下來。我一直告訴他要把精力集中在家庭和工作上，他簡直是瘋了。可他一個字也不聽。」他的媽媽穆塔茲回憶道。

But Mr Fayyaz kept going. And, at the end of it all produced a plane -- tiny, fragile, and painted a bright blue.

但法耶茲從未放棄。終於在最後，一架飛機建成了——小巧，精細，被漆成明亮的藍色。

In February this year, he said, after more than two years of ridicule, he was ready.

今年2月，他說，在受到兩年多的嘲笑之後，他終於準備好了。

Fayyaz claims his friends helped him to block a small road which he used as a runway for that first flight attempt in February.

法耶茲說，他的朋友幫助他封鎖了一條小路，這條小路是他今年2月第一次嘗試飛行時使用的跑道。

The plane reached 120kph before taking off, Ameer Hussain, a witness who claims to have ridden alongside the plane in a motorcycle, told AFP.

據法新社報道，目擊者埃米爾·海珊稱自己騎摩托車在飛機旁邊，飛機在起飛前達到了120公里每小時。

"It was between two and two and half feet off the ground," he said. "It flew for about two to three kilometres before landing."

「它離地面有兩到兩英尺半，」他說，「它在著陸前飛行了大約兩到三公里。」

AFP has been unable to verify the claim.

法新社無法證實這一說法。

But the attempt made Fayyaz bold enough to want to try again in front of the rest of his village, many of whom had mocked his efforts.

但這次嘗試讓法耶茲有足夠的勇氣在村裡其他人面前再次嘗試，他們中有許多人都嘲笑他的做的事。

He picked March 23, Pakistan Day, for the unveiling. Police said hundreds of people crowded around his tiny plane, many clutching national flags.

他選擇了在3月23日巴基斯坦國慶日揭幕。警方說，數百人擠在他的小飛機周圍，許多人緊握著國旗。

But before Fayyaz could even start the engine, the police arrived and arrested him, confiscating his plane.

但法耶茲還沒來得及發動引擎，警察就來了並逮捕了他，沒收了他的飛機。

"I felt as though I had committed one of the worst acts in the world, as though I am the worst person in Pakistan," he explained, adding: "I had been locked up with criminals."

他解釋說：「我感覺自己好像做了天大的錯事，好像自己是巴基斯坦最壞的人一樣。」他還說，「他們把我和罪犯關在一起。」

The court released him with a 3,000 rupees (￡13) fine.

法庭以3000盧比（13英鎊）的罰款將他釋放。

When AFP visited the local police station, officers said they had arrested Mr Fayyaz as his plane was a safety threat.

法新社訪問當地警察局時，警方表示，他們逮捕了法耶茲，因為他的飛機構成了安全威脅。

Officer Zafar Iqbal explained: "The plane was returned to him as a goodwill gesture. Should he obtain a flying license or permit, he is free to fly."

警官扎法·伊克巴爾解釋說：「為表善意，這架飛機已歸還給他。如果他獲得了飛行執照，他就可以自由飛行了。」

Fayyaz"s misfortune resulted in social media fame, and he was called a "hero" and an "inspiration" by some netizens.

法耶茲的不幸遭遇在社交媒體上引起了轟動，他被一些網友稱為「英雄」和「勵志哥」。

Representatives from the Pakistan Air Force have made two visits to view the plane and the commander of a nearby base issued him a certificate which praises his "passion and dexterity" in building what it described as a "mini basic airplane".

巴基斯坦空軍代表已經兩次視察了這架飛機，附近一個基地的指揮官向他頒發了證書，讚揚他在建造一架「迷你基礎型飛機」時的「熱情和手巧」。

In 2012 a Pakistani engineer claimed that he had invented a car that could run on water - but this was later debunked by scientists.

2012年，一名巴基斯坦工程師聲稱發明了一種可以在水中行駛的汽車，但這一說法後來被科學家揭穿。

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