Wenrer at Windhoek with fellow crew members Agnes Keamogetswe Seemela, Driaan van den Heever, Abel Dlamini. Picture from Twitter.

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Plane Made and Flown Across Africa by South African Teens Lands in Cairo

A four-seater plane built by twenty South African teens that left Cape Town six weeks ago has landed in Cairo, after successfully completing the 12,000-kilometre journey. Pilot Megan Werner, 17, founder of U Dream Global, which assembled the Sling 4 aircraft, said she was thrilled by the accomplishment, telling the BBC: “I’m so honoured to […]

By Ted Botha
10-07-19 10:06
in Africa
Wenrer at Windhoek with fellow crew members Agnes Keamogetswe Seemela, Driaan van den Heever, Abel Dlamini. Picture from Twitter.

A four-seater plane built by twenty South African teens that left Cape Town six weeks ago has landed in Cairo, after successfully completing the 12,000-kilometre journey.

Megan Werner and crew at Cairo International Airport in Egypt. Picture from Instagram/udream_global

Pilot Megan Werner, 17, founder of U Dream Global, which assembled the Sling 4 aircraft, said she was thrilled by the accomplishment, telling the BBC: “I’m so honoured to have made a difference around the continent at the places we’ve stopped.”

The plane, which was accompanied by a second Sling 4 flown by professionals, landed in Namibia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Tanzania and Uganda to give motivational talks, the BBC said. The plane was not allowed to land in Kenya at the last minute because of routing issues.

Pilot, author and motivational speaker Werner from Krugersdorp, sparked by her passion to inspire, started U Dream Global to uplift, empower, equip and transform the lives of thousands of youth throughout Africa and the world by dreaming and achieving the impossible… as well as succeeding beyond expectations.

She and the others built the plane in three weeks from a kit.

They intend to fly the aircraft back to South Africa again.

Werner in Windhoek with fellow crew members Driaan van den Heever, Agnes Keamogetswe Seemela and Abel Dlamini. Picture from Twitter.

Voluntary support for logistical aspects of the flight were provided by CFS, ExecuJet, World fuel and Mike Blyth, founder of The Airplane Factory – the enterprise that designed and built the original Sling plane series. The prototype of the Sling 4 was chosen because this type has already been flown twice around the world.

U Dream Global said today: “The teens have landed in Cairo! Cape to Cairo Challenge accomplished! Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey!”