Oshkosh Tour

In fact, so confident are we after our 2011 Sling 4 circumnavigation that we intend to fly our first production Sling 4 to EAA Airventure Oshkosh, leaving within a couple of weeks of her first flight, and return to Johannesburg via Greenland, Iceland, England, Europe and down the west coast of Africa. Construction of the

Red Baron departs, Oshkosh Tour begins!!

When the production prototype Sling , ZU-TAF was flown around the world during 2009 at take-off and landing she was loaded to 965kg, some 365kg above the maximum all up weight applicable to the light sport aircraft category for which she was designed. Yet she proved herself again and again, performing consistently well at that

ZU – TAD completes its second leg to Luanda, Angola without a hitch!!

Here is the latest news from Mike and Greg. I just spoke to Mike and he says they are tired but in good spirits as the Red Baron flew like a beauty. They have however been searching for fuel since last night and still no luck. I think the problem is no Avgas and the

ZU – TAD continues its journey, next destination – GHANA!!

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

Flight from Luanda, Angola to Accra, Ghana

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

Finding Avgas in Accra proved to be a bit of a problem.

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

Weather en-route to Dakar.

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

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

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 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