Sources from Pakistani stated that the engine is from a road cutter, the wings are burlap, the wheels are borrowed from a rickshaw a popcorn seller has caught the attention of the pakistan Air Force by building his own plane. Meanwhile the tale of Muhammad Fayyaz has captured the hearts of many in a nation where millions, just like him, have limited access to education and are fighting for opportunities.
Fayyaz said of his first flight in a machine he learned to build mainly from viewing TV clips and online blueprints that "He was literally in the air and he couldn't feel anything else”. Furthermore pakistan has been thrilled before by stories of scientific prodigies plucked from obscurity before notably, that of the engineer who said in 2012 that he had invented a car that could run on water a story that was later debunked by scientists.
Moreover Fayyaz insists he flew and his claim is being taken seriously by the air force, whose representatives have now visited him multiple times, even issuing a certificate to commend his work. Apparently the 32 year old said he had 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.
