(FILE)

He Yide, a 5-year-old boy with the nickname duoduo, flew for a total of 47 minutes in two flights around the Beijing Wildlife Zoo, at the request of his father He Liesheng on September 7. This feat followed duoduo's 20 days of flight lessons at a private club.

The father made headlines last year. He was reported to have forced the young child to stand in just his underpants and sneakers in New York City in sub-zero temperatures.

The father previously arranged for the boy to take part in an international sailing competition in Shandong Province in August 2012, and to climb the 3,776-meter Mount Fuji in Japan in 15 hours one month later. His next plan for the boy is trekking through Hoh Xil, China's least-populated area, in the northwestern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.