“Dirk and Thomas, from the Bundeswehr Air Sports Club Laupheim, are building a Sling TSi together. They do this in their quiet workshop, but at the same time, in front...
“We elected to undertake this test flight one late afternoon and after a thorough briefing on what to expect, James and I checked out the new Sling TSi. Fitted with...
“I reckon plane vs car races are usually pointless stunts. Airshow acts have a car racing up and down the runway burning rubber throwing U-turns while a plane roars overhead...
“JP Fourie, CEO of NAC, opened the GenAv conference in June with some harsh realities facing general aviation in South Africa. But he ended his keynote with local success stories...
The adventure begins! A month. A fleet of gorgeous aircraft. One unforgettable adventure across Southern Africa with Josh Flowers, Chelsea Smith, their good friends Chris Lammert and Keelyn Costello, and some of us from Sling HQ. In Part 1 of Aviation101’s four-part series, the journey starts with their arrival in South Africa at Sling HQ in the south of Johannesburg, meeting the aircraft that will become their companions, ZU-TSI and ZU-DFU, and taking the first steps — or rather, first flights — into the unknown.
