The Remains Of The Homemade Helicopter
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The Remains Of The Homemade Helicopter

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We came upon (what remains of) this chopper while driving in the city today, and thought we would take a few shots for those of you that haven’t seen it yet. The homemade helicopter sits conspicuously outside the Exhibition Park in Harare, probably its final resting place.

The designer of this helicopter, a Daniel Chingoma, had a dream to fly his chopper one day. Sadly, the dream never came true. The man went on to build another one, pictured on the Zimbojam site last year. We hear the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe wouldn’t let the new aircraft in the air either.

Still it’s interesting what a man armed with a dream can do.

Here lies the remains of an ambitious project by one man...

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20 Comments

  1. Blessing Dube
    October 28, 2010,

    He has moved into politics, he has posters in several public restrooms around the city. What a place to launch a party!

  2. Kabweza
    October 28, 2010,

    really? rofl on place to launch a party!

  3. goma
    October 28, 2010,

    some aeronotics indeed, this guy is still two hundred years from the wright brothers

    • Maxwell Chikara
      November 27, 2013,

      and where are you?

  4. nyasha
    November 2, 2010,

    Give the man money….instead of Munya, 300k should go to this guy for having a dream and pursuing it. I would invest in his R&D if i had cash.

    • Maxwell Chikara
      November 27, 2013,

      True to that

  5. Lloyd
    November 4, 2010,

    Nyasha, you’d be wasting your money! Only way he’d get a chopper in the air is if you bought him one.

    • Vincent
      July 27, 2016,

      The first person to invent a car went thru stages Dude…..I think we should had supported such innovations , we really these kind of people for Africa to develop ……i hates his dreams were shuttered

      • Vincent
        July 27, 2016,

        The first person to invent a car went thru stages Dude…..I think we should had supported such innovations , we really need these kind of people for Africa to develop ……i hates his dreams were shuttered

  6. Kabweza
    November 4, 2010,

    lol, wasparka!

  7. Vimy
    November 7, 2010,

    Ahhh.. this one is good for greenwood park – the kids won’t tell a home made chopper from the real thing, et least..

  8. Maxwell Chikara
    November 27, 2013,

    A prophet is never received in his own area….. he better go do it in China and we will flock to buy the Chinese made (but Zimbabwean Engineered)

  9. Edward mutasa
    August 27, 2014,

    Good dream .please support the men to market our country

    • Edward mutasa
      August 27, 2014,

      Hi maxewell chakara.i’m happy with your contributions.

  11. Clive kuimba
    August 2, 2015,

    soon myn will fly… but not a chop… mirai henyu muone

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