A fact from Vecihi K-VI appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after building Turkey's first airplane(pictured), its builder was sentenced to jail for flying it without a permit?
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Overall: New enough, long enough, neutral and sourced. No copyvios. Hook is interesting. AGF on the non-English source which I cannot read. Picture looks good. QPQ done. Looks good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:43, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In the introduction, is "single-built" meant to be "single engine"? Or is it a literal translation of some Turkish phrase? It doesn't seem to be a term normally used in English to describe airplanes. IAmNitpicking (talk) 22:08, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Split "On 14 June 1923, Hürkuş finished the technical drawings of the plane, which was to be used for training and reconnaissance purposes,[1]" and "and showed the project to lieutenant general Muzaffer Ergüder, an inspector in the air force, three days later, on 17 June." into 2 sentences
Remove the comma after "three days later"
Add "the drawings" after "After inspecting"
Remove the comma after "congratulated Hürkuş"
"a captured plane" do we know what model plane?
"at least 16 hours a day on the plane" → "at least 16 hours a day working on the plane"
"He was briefly sent away for a few months" during what months?
Per MOS:FOREIGNQUOTE, the original Turkish quote for "should hop in and fly if he trusts [his] plane" and "met with lingering" should be included directly after the English translation in parenthesis. ("{{lang|tr|Turkish quote}}")
Since those sources use the Sfn template I can't add the |quote= parameter. I made a work around, please check.
"Hürkuş and his plane waited almost a month." what did he wait for and why did he have to wait?
Remove the comma after "filled with a crowd"
Remove the comma after "was towed to the hangar"
Remove the comma after "short jail sentence"
"overturned later" → "later overturned"
"stayed" → "remained"
"His requests to store the plane in an indoor area were also declined" declined by who?
"The Turkish Aeronautical Association officially requested" when?
"The Vecihi K-VI was later destroyed" when?
The fate of the aircraft after the flight is largly unknown and I don't have a date for this or the suggestion above. I have added a date on when Hürkuş found out that he wouldn't be able to get the plane back in any case. Any effort to return it would likely be before September 1925.