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Tan Chengnian (谭成年)-A man who realized his dreams

The pilot killed in the crash was Tan Chengnian, a fifty year old native of China’s Shandong Province (山东省) who earned national fame in 2005, when he successfully flew a plane he built himself.

Tan Chengnian had always been fond of airplanes and flying. Even as a small boy, he dreamt of building and flying his own plane. In 1995, Tan first began conducting extensive research about planes and bought raw materials, but failed in his first attempt.

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