Homemade plane built by South African teens makes historic flight to Namibia
The Sling-4 aircraft built by the South African teens -- U-Dream Global
Following the successful completion and subsequent announcement of their self-built aircraft, the 20 South African teenage inventors have taken the first of many steps towards accomplishing their goal of flying across the continent of Africa.
Agnes Keamogetswe Seemela is a 15-year-old from the Munsiville township in Gauteng province is a co-pilot on the silver plane/BBC
They have successfully been able to get the aircraft into the air and made their first trip to the southern coastal town of Luderitz, Namibia, 1128km away. The overall target is to fly to Cairo, Egypt (12,000km or 7,455 miles away) but this will be done over a period of six weeks.
The plane, assembled by the team comprising of teens from various backgrounds, has a six-and-a-half hour flying range.
Well done girls
The Sling-4 aircraft built by the South African teens -- U-Dream Global
Following the successful completion and subsequent announcement of their self-built aircraft, the 20 South African teenage inventors have taken the first of many steps towards accomplishing their goal of flying across the continent of Africa.
Agnes Keamogetswe Seemela is a 15-year-old from the Munsiville township in Gauteng province is a co-pilot on the silver plane/BBC
They have successfully been able to get the aircraft into the air and made their first trip to the southern coastal town of Luderitz, Namibia, 1128km away. The overall target is to fly to Cairo, Egypt (12,000km or 7,455 miles away) but this will be done over a period of six weeks.
The plane, assembled by the team comprising of teens from various backgrounds, has a six-and-a-half hour flying range.
Well done girls
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