A group of 20 South African teenagers assembled an aircraft themselves last month to fly in from Cape Town to Cairo and back. The Sling-4 aircraft took three weeks to assemble and runs on normal motor fuel.
The Sling-4 aircraft landed safely in Cairo on Monday 8 July after a month of travelling. Read: SA teens to fly from Cape to Cairo
According to the BBC, the plane covered 12,000 km on its journey to Egypt and made landings in Namibia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Tanzania and Uganda along the way.
Megan Werner (17) from Krugersdorp, Johannesburg, is the pilot of the aircraft and the founder of the U-Dream Global Foundation.
The foundation aims to uplift, empower, equip and transform the lives of thousands of youth throughout Africa and the world. The teens gave motivational talks for other teenagers at their stopover countries.
According to the BBC, professional pilots were flying another Sling-4 plane, accompanying the teen flyers for support and a degree of safety.
‘I’m so honoured to have made a difference around the continent at the places we’ve stopped. The purpose of the initiative is to show Africa that anything is possible if you set your mind to it,’ said Megan Werner to the BBC.
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