“It’s Sunday morning. Oshkosh is over. But… …good grief, she literally has brought everything! LINDA Sollars is relocating from the East Coast to Los Angeles for some months – to...
“The Sling High Wing is a bit like the big brother that takes care of business… The TSi flies hard and fast – the sexy, sporty, young gun that can...
“The folks at Sling Aircraft are always up for an adventure… …whether it’s a race to Cape Town with a TSi vs a commercial flight, an Atlantic crossing to Oshkosh...
“The glory of a perfect flying day is sure to get any aviator’s blood pumping. And for a glider pilot, few places come close to the conditions in the Kalahari...
“There’s a real possibility Sling isn’t aware of how it paints the personalities of its founders and assembly line personnel in the opening paragraph of its website. The dominant descriptions...
“A sling is the original weapon,” says James Pitman, Co-CEO of Sling. “You know, David with Goliath had a sling. And it felt like we were the kind of Davids,”...
Exciting news from our French Sling community! Our dedicated distributor, Sylvain Henneton of Jetlag Group, has been making waves with the Sling TSi, gaining well-deserved recognition across France. Recently, the...
“Homegrown Sling Aircraft is acknowledged as a South African success story for aircraft design and development capability. Co-founders Mike Blyth and James Pitman have based their development of the range...
In October 2025, Sling turned 20. October 2005, Mike Blyth first began drawing pictures of the ideal LSA to meet the new ASTM 2245 LSA standard.
Watch “Still Slinging after 20 Years” for a whistle stop tour of the last 20 years of the business, James and Mike’s adventures along the way, and a look at what’s to come.
The latest Lloyd Ross film, now available on the Wild Landings channel!
