A South African’s Homemade Paraglider

Every once in a while you get an incredible story about someone who creates an amazing do-it-yourself “fun” item. Cyril Mazibuko creates his own home made paraglider from plastic bags, purloined rope and baling wire, a glider that flew (sort of) though it both amazed and horrified the professional paragliders who saw it.

Full story at Wired Slideshow , Article 1 and Article 2