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Zoobin Aircrafts (Airplanes) was founded by Shahin Afshari in 1970s in Iran. Zoobin Aircraft is a collection of airplane designed by Shahin, and it includes small RC airplanes, UAVs, RPVs, and general aviation aircrafts. All Zoobin Aircrafts (ZA) have odd numbers designations, and numbers were picked randomly.

Shahin Afshari History: Shahin was born Tajrish/Tehran, Iran. During youth, he with his family in several different cities such as Zanjan, Azna, and Tehran in Iran. During Iran-Iraq war, he joined the Iranian Airforce as an anti aircraft unit personal. After the war was ended in 1988, he moved to the USA to study aeronautical engineering.

The interest in model airplanes and flying model airplanes began at age of 7, when he received a couple of rubber band powered model airplanes as birthday gifts from his father "Dara Afshari". As his interest for building model airplanes grow, he began by scratch building RC airplanes from whatever kit airplane plans he could find. He began to design his own model airplanes in 1978 and call them "Zoobin airplanes". To support his interest in airplane design, he tried to find airplane design articles and books to educate himself.