It flies!

For years, artist Kazuhiko Hachiya has been working on building an outlandish personal jet plane modelled on one that appeared in an animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. When I first shared a video of it back in 2009, it didn't even have an engine. In 2010 I posted a new video of it, engine attached, taxiing down a runway. Well, guess what? It now flies!

Japanese artist continues testing own plane

Hachiya Kazuhiko's plane, which was unpowered when I blogged about it late last year, now has a jet engine! This recent video shows him doing some taxiing.



Distance walked since last post: 3km
Total distance walked since Koshu Kaido training began: 104.9km
Days left until departure: 60

Japanese artist builds, test flies own plane