“How do you find out what’s a hot choice for UK kit-builders? Well, in the case of this list, it was just a matter of counting up the new project...
“Now – after 1,600 hours of work – their dream has taken flight! Not a model plane or a Meccano construction but an airworthy, four-seater Sling TSi, painstakingly assembled over...
“Most of us passed the long hours at home during lockdown by baking banana bread or binge-watching Netflix. The more ambitious tried their hands at learning a new language or...
“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,...
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...
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.
