Kerala man who built his own plane is now flying around Europe
A man from Kerala is winning the internet by turning the Covid lockdown period fruitful.
The man, Ashok Alisheril Thamarakshan, during the lockdown period managed to build a plane so he could travel around Europe.
Thamarakshan, hailing from Billericay, Essex, UK, completed the project in 1,500 hours with an expenditure of 1,40,000 euros. The 38-year-old man is now travelling around Europe with his family on the aircraft.
A licensed pilot, Thamarakshan toiled hard over the last two years to build the plane in his garden shed. Thamarakshan and his wife Abhilasha Dubey started saving money during the first lockdown for the purpose.
“It’s like having a new toy, except much more exciting,” Thamarakshan was quoted as saying by The Sun.
The couple have two children Tara, six and Diya, three. They booked a flying trip to Newquay as their first family trip in the plane in January this year.
“The girls can’t wait to be up in the air, they’ve only flown a few times before but never with their dad as pilot, so I’m really excited for them to see what it is like,” Dubey said.
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