The Sling Squawk – June 2026
7 Jun 2026
“My introduction to Captain Linda Sollars on Friday 10 June at the Sling Aircraft manufacturing facility at Tedderfield Airpark was amazing. From the very moment I was introduced to this dynamic lady, I became intrigued with her aviation life story and her quest to fly her Sling High Wing, serial number one, the first production kit aircraft, all the way from South Africa to the United States together with two other High Wing Slings to the world’s largest aviation celebration, AirVenture Oshkosh.”
– Athol Franz (African Pilot)
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.