11 September to 7 September 2011

Sunday, 11 September 2011 Shared Mexican delights! 2011-09-11 08:43:39 UTC+2 Howdy, howdy, howdy…….I wish you were all here! In fact as I was strolling up from the beach to get a beer and then proceed to the business centre, I thought about an idea. It means so much to us that there are so many of

Sling 4 ZU-SAC gets run for the first time!!

Namibia trip

James , Andrew and Michiel de Koker flew to Namibia last weekend to demo the Sling 2 and Sling 4. The Namibians were seriously impressed especially with the Sling 4. The guys in Windhoek couldn’t believe the take-off roll and climb capabilities with four large people and full tanks! Namibia is a beautiful, clean, friendly

Next container off to AUS

2 x Sling 4 kits, 1 x Sling 2 Taildragger kit and 1 Sling 2 RTF being packed into a container and shipped to Australia.

Mike & Andy fly away – All great things are worth waiting for

This afternoon Mike & Andy took delivery of their new factory built Sling 4 ZU-MJL. This is the second customer delivery of a Sling 4. Congratulations guys, may you have many happy hours of safe and pleasure filled flying!!!

The Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters from all around the world for helping make this adventure a possibility! Dennis Jankelow & Associates www.jankelow.co.za Comet Aviation Supplies www.cometaviationsupplies.co.za MGL Avionics www.mglavionics.co.za Rotax Aircraft Engines www.rotax-aircraft-engines.com PocketFMS www.pocketfms.com FlightPermits www.worldflightpermits.com Indigosat www.indigosat.com VFR Planner www.vfrplanner.co.za

The Aircraft

What Makes ZU-TAD different from Standard Sling 4’s? We wanted to keep this Sling 4 as close to the standard product as possible but due to the distances we have to travel over oceans, jungles, deserts and ice caps we have had to make a couple of changes. Namely… The fuel tanks – they are

The Route

Leg Departure from Arrival at Designator Distance (km) Time (hrs) Date 1 Tedderfield Airpark, Johannesburg South, South Africa Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa FALA 65 0.4 2013/07/20 2 Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa Luanda, Angola FNLU 2 447 13.6 2013/07/21 3 Luanda, Angola (FNLU) Accra, Ghana DGAA 2 183 12.1 2013/07/22 4 Accra, Ghana Dakar

Flight testing in ZU TAD our factory Sling 4

James and I (Andrew) flew down to Saldanha on Tuesday after it turned out to be the only place in the country with clear skies and a low altitude runway to complete flight testing on the Sling 4. Tomorrow we are off to Namibia for a weekend of demos and meetings, and hopefully a little

14 April – Coming back home

James' laptop got busted, but they managed to get a few photos through to us of Prague and the airshow at Friedrichshafen. They will be leaving from Zurich in Switzerland today on a commercial flight and head back to South Africa via Dubai. [k2gallery path=”expeditions/2011-poland/20110414″]