A light aircraft proudly designed and manufactured in South Africa? Check✔️ Widely exported to all parts of the world? Check✔️ Internationally recognised? Check✔️ Of course, don’t just take our word for it. Athol Franz of African Pilot has the low down! Read The African Pilot Full Article Here
For those of you who were unable to join the EAA USA Virtual Event with Sling Aircraft founder, Mike Blyth, please feel free to view the webinar available now! “Building and Flying Sling Aircraft” was hosted last Wednesday evening and covered our Sling series of amateur-built and Light Sport Aircraft and included our history of
“For this article, “I am Brand”, we have selected a truly unique and exciting South African story. Sling Aircraft situated at Tedderfield Airpark, Johannesburg, South Africa, is a hangar complex where the Sling range of Aircraft are designed and manufactured. This is where the magic happens. Adventurers, aviators and founders of Sling Aircraft, Mike Blyth
After the lock-down that had kept the majority of pilots grounded for months, the aviation community were hungry for a reason to get out flying and meet up with old friends. The Sling Aircraft Breakfast Fly-in in October presented the perfect opportunity to do just that. Sling Aircraft have always practiced “giving back” to the
“I arrived at Tedderfield Air Park early on Saturday morning 17 October 2020 to see many aircraft, mainly Slings, had already landed at the airfield. Strict COVID-19 protocols were observed as the visitors enjoyed their breakfast under an assortment of umbrellas in the sunshine. Andrew Pitman told me that Sling had recently celebrated orders for
“This year, Sling Aircraft’s annual breakfast fly-in, the best ever attended, celebrated the company breaking the 600 mark of Sling 2 and 4’s sold. With 328 sold, the Sling 2 is slowly inching towards the 400 mark whilst the Sling 4 and Sling TSi, the company’s best sellers, at 281 are just short of the
Frisian Air BV, our Netherlands based Distributor, has successfully completed the construction of their Sling TSi demonstrator. The single-engine, four-seater Sling TSi kit aircraft made its first flight on 4 September. The aircraft took off from the airfield In the north-west of the Netherlands and remained in the air for 45 minutes. Read The Aero
Netherlands aviation publications, AOPA Netherlands as well as Piloot en Vliegtuig recently featured a 6 page and 4 page spread on the mighty Sling TSi and our Netherlands based Sling Official Distributor, Frisian Air, who built it. “In Germany especially, Lieuwe Koonstra of Frisian Air, sees a large market for the Sling TSi, a South
I’m sitting left in the Sling TSi, a four-seater kit aircraft that was designed in South Africa. Not only is it the first time I’ve flown on board but it is also the first time I’ve been behind a 141 hp turbo sport injected Rotax 915 iS. This is probably the reason why my fellow
“Have you ever dreamed of taking to the skies piloting an airplane only for your dreams to be crushed after realizing how expensive it is to get a pilot’s license and own or rent an airplane? You’re certainly not alone. There’s no getting passed the cost of learning to fly. Unfortunately, you’re just going to
