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Ashok Aliseril: UK-based engineer who built a plane in his backyard and now travels the world

Ashok Aliseril: UK-based engineer who built a plane in his backyard and now travels the world

by Charu Thakur | Sep 23, 2022

(September 23, 2022) Freedom is magical, and it was in this very quest for enchantment that Essex-resident Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan decided to build a four-seater airplane in his backyard in Billericay during the lockdown – to fly around the world at his...

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