The British media lamented that China farmers didn't know how to build airplanes and spent 30 years chasing the dream of flying.

The BBC website published an article entitled "China Farmers Build Amazing Planes" on March 12, saying that in the preface of the photo album "Aviation in the Backyard", the Dutch artist Goff Mette described these plane builders fixed in the photo by photographer Xu Xiaoxiao: "In villages all over China, farmers are trying to build their own planes in the most unexpected places. Instead of working in a well-equipped advanced hangar, they are busy in their own backyard, recycling scrap metal and using tools at home. They are self-taught, self-employed and broke. They proudly call themselves' pilots', which literally means' people born in the sky'. "

The details are as follows: According to the article, in 20 15, Xu Xiaoxiao traveled all over China to find these "aviators". She saw their story in a Dutch magazine, which made her want to find more such people. Xu Xiaoxiao told the BBC: "I was deeply moved by the creativity, perseverance and optimism of these pilots ... and fascinated by the fairy tale color of this theme. The rich imagination and romantic pursuit of this group of people are in great contrast with their poor living conditions, which aroused my strong interest. I wonder how they deal with the conflict between gorgeous imagination and reality. Want to know what motivates them to continue to do it; I want to know where their persistent enthusiasm comes from and where their dreams will take them. "

Zhang Dousan is one of the "pilots" filmed by Xu Xiaoxiao. He was born in a poor family in Chaozhou, Guangdong. /kloc-started to leave home at the age of 0/3 to throw stones. Seeing an airplane on TV inspired his dream of building an airplane. According to Xu Xiao's novel, "when his friends heard about his crazy dream, they all laughed, and his wife was always worried that his test flight would fail." Although he didn't finish primary school, Zhang Dou III studied airplanes at the local airport and went to an airplane factory in Beijing to buy spare parts.

He took out the engine from the wreckage of a light plane destroyed by a typhoon. 1998, the first plane he built flew for 500 kilometers continuously. This is a light two-seat plane, with a fuselage of 6 meters long. On the wing, he wrote, "I come from Chaozhou, and I will win if I love to fight!" " "This words. Since then, he has built four more planes, one of which was named "Condor": the engine of the plane was modified from the engine of an old car, and the dashboard was removed from the abandoned plane. His plan is to design a helicopter that can fly over forests and valleys in order to reach more people in need.

In another photo taken by Xu Xiaoxiao, the engine of an old car and the wheels of a children's bicycle are mounted on an airplane, which is the work of Cao Zhengshu.

The 75-year-old farmer from Mianyang, Sichuan, has built more than 10 planes since he began to study airplanes in 1984-but so far, none of them can fly into the sky. Because he can't read, the process of designing an airplane is full of challenges-one of them is based on the pigeons he bought in the village. Nevertheless, he remained indomitable. He told Xu Xiao's novel: "For me, building a plane is a kind of entertainment, just like some people like playing mahjong. I felt very happy when I built the plane. " His dream is that one day his plane can fly over the rape field.

Matt said: "These pilots don't care about risks or the possibility of irreparable failure. The mere idea that they may succeed and enrich their lives by pursuing their dreams is enough for them to build airplanes and test them until the end of their lives. They call this way of life' life aviation'; In their view, this is not a question of flying 30 meters in 30 years, but a question that will not be within reach after 30 years. "