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The first aircraft badembled and piloted by South African teenagers arrived safely in Cairo, Egypt on Monday after taking off from Cape Town last month.
The device was badembled by a group of 20 students from very different backgrounds.
According to the BBC, the four-seater Sling 4 aircraft is said to have landed in Namibia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Tanzania and Uganda on Egypt's 12,000-kilometer journey.
SEE PHOTOS: Teenagers from South Africa go into history with a flight from Cape Town to Cairo … in an airplane that they've built themselves
Pilot Megan Werner, 17, founder of the U-Dream Global project, told the BBC that she was delighted with this achievement.
"I am so honored to have made the difference around the continent at the places we have stopped.The goal of this initiative is to show Africa that anything is possible if you wish," she added.
The teens built the aircraft in two weeks under the guidance of The Airplane Factory, U-Dream mentors and five Denel Aviation team leaders.
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