In the 12 months between EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-ins at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, there is a great deal of work and preparation that goes on behind the...
Is it possible for an aircraft to be more than it appears? Yes, quite easily, it turns out — and the new Sling TSi provides an excellent example. But don’t...
I’m in the left seat of a Sling TSi, a four-seat kit airplane made in South Africa, and it’s the first time I’ve flown behind a turbocharged Rotax 915 engine....
“The latest version of the phenomenally successful Sling series is the Sling TSi. Such has been the demand that it has taken us almost a year to do a proper...
An August afternoon at Big Bear Lake in Southern California. Field elevation—6750 feet. Density altitude— 8970 feet. Four seats—all full. Fuel tanks—full as well. I looked down the 7000-foot runway...
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. More...
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....
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.
