Old fart builds plane in garage

It was reported today that a Slovak pensioner has spent three years building his own plane in his garage, using only a model plane as guide.

Milan Friso (67) said it cost him about 750,000 koruna ($32,000) to build the ultralight aircraft, which weighs 280km.

Mr Friso also noted that it would have only taken one year but it was hard to find a lacky band big enough to power his aircraft the same way as his model plane.