An elementary school teacher has become a celebrity in Minhou of Fujian Province, for his genius in making airplane models.

Gao picked up the techniques of airplane modelling from books in 1978 as a college student. One year later, he amazed his classmates by flying his first model. The models he has made in the last 20 years, some with 2-meter-long wings, crowd every corner of his home and office.

Gao can tell what is wrong with a model just by listening to the noise it makes in flight.

The Straits Metropolis News