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South African teens attempt Cape-to-Cairo in homemade plane
By Mohammed Allie
BBC News, Cape Town
16 June 2019

Megan (R) is one of the pilots and Agnes (L) is flying as part of the support team
An aircraft built by South African teenagers is being flown from Cape Town to Cairo - and has successfully made its first stop in Namibia.

It will take six weeks to cover the 12,000km (7,455 miles) to Egypt.

The four-seater Sling 4 plane was assembled by a group of 20 students from vastly different backgrounds.

"The purpose of the initiative is to show Africa that anything is possible if you set your mind to it," said 17-year-old pilot Megan Werner.

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The teenagers built the aircraft in three weeks, from a kit manufactured in South Africa by the Airplane Factory. The kit came with thousands of small parts that had to be assembled.

"Looking at the plane, I am so proud of myself, I can't believe what we've done. I feel like this is my baby. I cherish her," said Agnes Keamogetswe Seemela, a 15-year-old from Munsiville township in Gauteng province.

"It flies so smoothly and the views were breathtaking," she said of its maiden voyage, from Johannesburg to Cape Town, ahead of the official start of the trip.

At first people in my community were shocked - they didn't believe me when I told them I helped build a plane... But now they're actually very proud of me"
Agnes Keamogetswe Seemela
Student, 15, from Munsiville township
"I was involved in putting together the centre fuselage as well as the horizontal and vertical stabilisers. And I also helped a bit with the wings."

The 15-year-old said she hoped her efforts would inspire others like her. "At first, people in my community were shocked - they didn't believe me when I told them I helped build a plane which we will be flying from Cape Town to Cairo," she said.

"But now they're actually very proud of me."

Image caption
It takes 3,000 man hours to assemble a Sling 4 plane
It was 17-year-old Megan who started the project, and those who joined her U-Dream Global initiative were whittled down from more than 1,000 applicants.

She was one of six in the group to have obtained a pilot's licence, and the six will share flying duties in their silver aircraft, which is emblazoned with maps of Africa on both wings together with sponsor's logos.

"Getting a pilot's licence is equivalent to completing a degree - doing so when I had to study for my mid-year school exams wasn't easy," said Megan, who had her school-leaving exams in October to revise for, alongside her flight preparations.

BBC
It's just awesome to see how inspired people are by what we've done"
Megan Werner, 17
Pilot and U-Dream Global founder
Her father, Des Werner, who is a commercial pilot, said it would normally take 3,000 man hours to assemble a Sling 4.

"If you divide it by 20 kids working under supervision then you can do it in three weeks. The engine and avionics were fitted by specialists, but the building was all done by the kids," he said.

'It gave me goose bumps'
The team's first stop was in the southern Namibian coastal town of Luderitz. The plane has a six-and-a-half hour flying range and other stops on the way to Egypt will be in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

They will take a different route on the return journey that will include stops in Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia and Botswana.

A support Sling 4 plane flown by professional pilots will accompany the teen flyers, who said they planned to do motivational talks for other teenagers along the way.

"It's just awesome to see how inspired people are by what we've done," said Megan. "It gave me goose bumps."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48653394

And what our teenagers think of flying here is Edo Airline

They are just learners.
Ask our Edo brothers that have been flying round the world long before the invention of Aeroplanes.

BrownRoofRep:
They are just learners.
Ask our Edo brothers that have been flying round the world long before the invention of Aeroplanes.

like say your Paternal and maternal grandparents no be winch

They will never comment on such a thread . This type of news makes them boil inside, bad news from other African countries gives them hope . If this was a plane crash , this thread would have been on page 10 by now .

Lionessza6:
They will never comment on such a thread . This type of news makes them boil inside, bad news from other African countries gives them hope . If this was a plane crash , this thread would have been on page 10 by now .

Madam are you okay? Why so much hate for foreigners? Oh! I forgot you are South African.

ultimatebas:


Madam are you okay? Why so much hate for foreigners? Oh! I forgot you are South African.