Homemade helicopter puts fresh spin on Indonesia's traffic woes

Jujun Junaedi (right) working on his homemade helicopter in his backyard in Sukabumi, Indonesia.

SUKABUMI, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesia's notorious traffic gridlock has been known to send commuters into a spin, but one man has decided to rise above the daily grind -- by building his very own helicopter.

Jujun Junaedi spends his free time in a backyard tinkering with his project, guided by instructional videos, as he dreams of flying above the snarled roads of his hometown Sukabumi.