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World 2009 – Pilots

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 by Keith
Mike and James, proud owners of The Airplane Factory, will be flying the D6 Sling Aircraft from Johannesburg, South Africa, around the globe. Mike Blyth Mike, 50% shareholder in The Airplane Factory, is a fifth generation South African with a passion for aviation. A pioneer of early microlight aviation in South Africa, Mike has been
  • Published in 2009 Sling 2 Around The World

World 2009 – The Aircraft

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 by Keith
The aircraft used in the Around the World Expedition 2009 is based on our production model The Sling, with a few basic modifications. Sling 002, the ’round-the-world’ Sling that Mike and James are in, is a standard Airplane Factory Sling with 4 modifications. The modifications are: The sealing off of two sections of the each
  • Published in 2009 Sling 2 Around The World

Verneukpan Fly-away weekend

Mon, 25 Nov 2013 by Keith
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First US bound Sling on its way!

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 by Keith
Our first Sling 2 destined for The States have left our factory.
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Flying around the Country!

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 by Keith
Hi all. For any Sling enthusiasts, potential buyers, flights schools or students who want to see the Sling in the flesh, Mike will be spending a week flying around the country visiting flight schools. The itinerary for now is the following. Monday 6 February Nelspruit from 08h00 – 11h00Monday 6 February Richards Bay from 13h30
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The Airplane Factory on Carte Blanche Tonight!

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 by Keith
Just a reminder that the tv insert of the exploits of the Flyboys from The Airplane Factory will be shown on Carte Blanche (MTN) tonight at 7pm.  It’s fun and inspirational and not to be missed.
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Weather en-route to Dakar.

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 by Keith
Hey all, this is the weather that we are directing Mike and Greg around. We are also advising them to ascend and descend en-route to benefit from tailwinds at differing altitudes
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Finding Avgas in Accra proved to be a bit of a problem.

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 by Keith
Hey Andrew, Hell I tell you this morning we couldn’t get out of bed…… The stress for me in particular (ironic from the right seat I know) knocked the socks off me and I was dead on arrival at the hotel. Slept like the dead is what I would call it. Tracking back a bit
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Flight from Luanda, Angola to Accra, Ghana

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 by Keith
We were up at 4am local time this morning to try get some weather reports from the airport as the internet in our hotel was too slow to do anything for us last night. But the airport controllers could only give us a standard Metar reading for Accra for the morning, but nothing for later
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ZU – TAD continues its journey, next destination – GHANA!!

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 by Keith
Hey all as you might have noticed Mike and Greg were flying very slowly due to heavy tanks of fuel but also a headwind. Reason being that there is a thick blanket of cloud at 5000ft. Above 8000ft though its cavok and they have 10 knot tailwinds. So they found a gap and climbed through
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  • 2011 Sling 4 Around The World
  • 2011 Sling LSA To Poland
  • 2009 Sling 2 Around The World

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