Jean was doing final flight testing of a new Sling when this guinea fowl decided to commit suicide. We gave it to the night shift guys who are now having it for breakfast.

See the article Sipho McDermott wrote in the Mail & Guardian newspaper about The Airplane Factory. http://mg.co.za/article/2011-10-28-throwing-caution-to-the-tailwind/

ZU-TSF for proving flight authority. Well done Ralph on the beautifully clean paint work!

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Thanks Mike, James and Greg for pulling out all stops to fix my technical problem that turned out to be a local servicing glitch. Awesome after-sales service guys! Dave McNaught

Thanks to Louis Chanu for sending through this video clip of the arrival at Cape Town International and Stellenbosch

James, Jean and Mike landed a short while back at Tedderfield Airpark completing the final leg back home. If you missed the arrival, have a look at our live broadcast which was recorded at Justin.tv/airplanefactory Also, there are some great photos posted on our one South African aviation forum. Click here to view the photos

The guys landed a short while ago at Parys airfield to meet up with their “arrival party”. They will depart soon and fly towards Tedderfield Airpark

What a wonderful sight to see that silver flash in the sky as the Sling 4 turned with Table Mountain behind it to land at Cape Town International Airport. The guys had to do customs first and then brought the Sling 4 over to the General Aviation section. The first video below is from when

Mike and Jean departed from from Cabo Frio, Brazil at 10:42Z. ZU-TAF will set course for 34S 31W to take advantage of the westerly winds as soon as possible. Low cloud is expected for the first 4 hours of the flight with light NW winds. ZU-TAF will be climbing to 3,500ft initially thereafter 5,500ft due