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

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

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

SLING 4 AROUND THE WORLD ARRIVAL CELEBRATIONS – PARTY INVITE TO ALL FRIENDS, AVIATORS, INTERESTED PEOPLE AND PARTY ANIMALS The weather being willing the Sling 4 and her brave crew will be arriving back in South Africa on Friday 23 September 2011, having flown from Rio de Janiero to Cape Town, a record breaking and

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

Mike and Jeans sent more photos through from their time in Rio de Janeiro.

Here are some photos of the trip from Tabatinga to Vilhena in Brazil

Herewith some photos of Mike & Jean’s leg from Vilhena to Rio

It’s interesting to see different people’s views on risk and justifiability in the context of flying. In 2004 I climbed the mountain in the attached photo. In doing that I got to twice the altitude that Mike and Jean will reach and I spent 4 weeks close to 20 000 feet (of course without oxygen).

I’ve only just got to the internet for the first time today, having again just looked at the numbers for the Atlantic crossing again. Phew, it’s closer than I thought! Answers to a couple of questions – When Michiel asked me about fuel consumption I was under the impression that he was talking about fuel