"Anyone can afford an airplane": A Blagoveshchensk resident built an aircraft in his garage.
Blagoveshchensk resident Dmitry built the "Gorynych" airplane himself in his garage. It took him 651 days to complete the ambitious project, and the plane is now ready for testing.
From garage assembly to official registration
Today, the "Gorynych" left the garage for the first time—it was rolled out onto the street for transportation to the landing pad. Furthermore, the aircraft has already been officially registered with the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) and received a civil aircraft registration certificate with tail number RA-3566G.
According to the designer, the design and development are entirely domestic, with all components manufactured in-house. Specifically, Dmitry expects to complete all system debugging and conduct its maiden flight by the end of summer. Costly round-the-clock maintenance at major airports will not be required, as the aircraft will be based on simple landing pads.
In general, aviation is not a cheap pleasure, but if you really want it, every fanatic can afford his own plane.
"Hope is only in the sky": Why the Far East needs homemade planes
The inventor hasn't yet calculated the investment amount. However, his own furniture business helps finance his hobby. This isn't the first time the craftsman has attempted something like this: he previously built and registered the "Mad Max" all-terrain vehicle, which will now serve as an airplane tow vehicle.
Nevertheless, the development has quite practical applications. In terms of flight and speed, the Gorynych is comparable to the legendary An-2, although it is designed for a slightly smaller cargo capacity. Consequently, the aircraft will be able to deliver supplies to hard-to-reach settlements.
It was designed for delivering cargo to areas with no roads, such as the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, where there are settlements isolated from the mainland. Hunters and gold miners are also showing interest. Our only hope is the sky; some regions don't even have roads, and the situation with light aviation is dire right now.
Thus, for residents of remote settlements in the Far East, where roads haven't been paved for years, light aircraft remain the only connection to the outside world. Ultimately, the author himself jokes that the most important thing for him is the process of creation and the dream, citing the well-known saying: "A samurai has no goal, only the path."
