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“Sling Aircraft (formally known as The Airplane Factory), based at Tedderfield Airpark in the south of Johannesburg, is quickly becoming a giant slayer in the kitplane market, exporting kits and...

“Linda’s love affair with aviation was born as a young girl reading Snoopy and the Red Baron and watching movies like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, she realised at that young...

“It has been almost a dozen years now since “The Airplane Factory” started out manufacturing Sling aircraft. Total serial numbers for aircraft and kits ordered are now approaching 1,000 and...

Starting the year on a High (Wing)! An honoree for USA publication, Plane & Pilot Plane of the Year Innovation Awards, is our new Sling High Wing! “The High Wing...

“De nieuwe bij Sling Aircraft ontwikkelde High Wing is internationaal ingeslagen als een bom. Want vandeze in kitvorm leverbare hoogdekker werden er korte tijd ruim negentig besteld. Twee daarvan komenbinnenkort...

“In a country with 11 different official languages (soon to be 12, once sign language is officially accepted!), Heritage Day is celebrated differently depending upon culture and region. This year,...

“Sling has finally released the long-promised high-wing version of its fun yet extraordinarily capable lineup of light airplanes. The new four-seater could be a bestseller.” -Guy Leitch (SA Flyer) Congratulations...

On September 24th each year, we South African Slingers celebrate a holiday known as Heritage Day or “National Braai Day”. It’s a day on which South Africans across the country...

“I first met Mike Blyth and James Pitman when they were testing the ballistic parachute in the airframe of a Sling 2 LSA at the original Sling Aircraft development facility,...

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The Tedderfield Sling Camping Fly-In

THE TEDDERFIELD
SLING CAMPING FLY-IN!

Slingers, join us next Friday and Saturday, 7th and 8th November, at Tedderfield for a weekend of aviation, camping, and good vibes! Camp out with us on Friday, enjoy drinks, dancing, and a lekker braai — then kick off Saturday morning with our Breakfast Fly-In and a behind-the-scenes Sling HQ tour. Everyone’s welcome — fly in, drive in, or just pop in for the fun! Fur-aviators welcome too!