As pilots progress with their flying, they are bound to experience aircraft of ever-increasing sophistication and one question remains constant. What is next? The answer will always resonate. More speed....
What do you get when a guy with a degree in architecture, design, engineering and flight instruction who knows precisely what he wants in an airplane decides to just make...
The Amazing ROTAX AND SLING 2 An aeroplane is a marriage between an airframe and an engine. In fact, a savvy designer begins by selecting an engine that will best...
Sling – England to South Africa – 24 to 31 August 2013 By Andrew Pitman The final chapter of the ‘Sling 4 to Oskosh and Back’ tour started for me...
Sling at Oshkosh 2013 By Mike Blyth If you have a love affair with flight, then you have not lived until you have experienced the world’s greatest airshow, the annual...
To Airventure, Oshkosh, USA By Gregory Blyth “It’s going to be dangerous,” I remeber my father, Mike Blyth, saying to me when he first asked me to join him to...
Back in 2015, TAF’s UK Distributor, Tim Hardy, decided he wanted to build his own aircraft from the ground up. The list of his requirements were that it had to...
After reaching Cape Town in Part 2, Josh Flowers and Chelsea Smith of Aviation101, along with Chris Lammert and Keelyn Costello, reunite with friends and fly their Sling aircraft north from Stellenbosch through the Tankwa Karoo, before crossing into Namibia and exploring the spectacular Fish River Canyon. From formation flying and the Tanqua Kuru Bicycle Race to fireside celebrations and an off-airport landing in the desert, the journey becomes less about following a plan and more about embracing whatever comes next—because sometimes the most memorable part of flying happens after the engine shuts down.
