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Ghana Man Hugs 1,123 Trees In An Hour For World Record
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YouTuber Scores Guinness World Record With Biggest Model Aircraft Carrier
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By Doug Cunningham
May 1 (UPI) -- James Whomsley, a British YouTube engineering chan- nel host, has built the world's biggest remote-con- trolled aircraft carrier model, according to Guinness World Records.
He also landed two remote control model planes on the 16.46-foot model carrier, scoring another world's record.
The project took him three months. The model aircraft carrier is made from wood, foam and fiberglass. Expanding foam was used to make it waterproof.
Once the aircraft carrier model was built, Whomsley
had to learn how top fly the remote-controlled planes and then, after several failed attempts to land on the carrier he had to modify the planes.
"To have this idea, and then it actually work, that's amazing," Whomsley said.
He added first-person view cameras to the model air- craft to be able to better see during the landings. The model planes he used were modified ready-to-fly models.
The test flights and landings were done at Rudyard Lake in Straffordshire.
One of the model planes crashed into the water dur- ing testing.
By UPI Staff
April 26 (UPI) -- A Ghana man studying forestry in Alabama set a world record for most trees hugged in an hour when he hugged 1,123 trees at Tuskegee National Forest.
Abubakar Tahiru, 29, became interested in
nature conservation while growing up in a farming community in Tepa, Ghana. He is pursuing a master's degree in forestry at Auburn University.
The record attempt required that Tahiru wrap both of his arms around each tree in a close embrace without causing any damage to the trees. No tree could be hugged more than once, requiring Tahiru to move quickly between each hug.
Tahiru was fasting for Ramadan at the time of his record attempt, which pre- sented another challenge.
"Not being able to drink water throughout the attempt posed a significant challenge, especially give the physical exertion required," he told Guinness World Records. "However, this also proved to be help- ful in a way, as there was no need to pause for water breaks, allowing me to con- tinue the attempt uninter- rupted from start to finish."
Averaging 19 trees per minute, Tahiru easily sur- passed the minimum requirement of 700 trees to establish the record.
The record raises aware- ness of the importance of trees and environmental conservation.
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