Thank you to Dave Reid for this excellent video showing more of Mike & James’ arrival back at Springs Airfield, Johannesburg on Thursday the 27th of August.

Mike & James have arrived safely at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) in Nelspruit, after flying for just over 19 hours to complete the 3,460km leg from the Seychelles. They will depart later in order to arrive at Springs Airfield at 14:00 SA local time (12:00 UTC) in Johannesburg.

Mike & James arrived back at Springs Airfield, Johannesburg at 14:30 SA local time (12:30 UTC) after flying for 40 days, visiting 13 countries, and covering a distance of approximately 45,150km in the Sling light sports aircraft which they had built with their team at The Airplane Factory. Thank you to everyone who met them

It was a very emotional welcome when Mike & James arrived back in Johannesburg airspace while flying in formation with some trikes, aircraft and helicopters. True to style, they did not fail to entertain the people as they did a few fly-overs before touchdown, and found themselves greeted by two gentleman in their birthday suits

We’re sitting having breakfast on the verandah of our guesthouse on the Beau Vallons beach in Seychelles. Just 5 hours to take off for Kruger Mpumalanga International. The weather here is much better than it was yesterday – bright blue sky with a few puffy, kissey kind of cumulus clouds, a light cool breeze and

Dear Colorado Island Beauties, its a great lift to have you girls so firmly behind us on our travels. Thanks for the lovely photograph on our website. At last we’ve taken a couple of days out on a paradise island to see some of the sights, but none as beautiful or exotic as the photo

Mike and James sent us a video clip of a group of fishermen in the Seychelles. See the video clip below. Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) will be Mike & James’ first port of call back in South Africa on Thursday the 27th of August, in order for them to go through Customs. They will

What a place. We’re ensconced in a beautiful little guest house called the “Beau Vallons Bungalows” right on the beach here in Beau Vallon, on the west coast of Mahe Island. (Anyone taking a family holiday in the Seychelles would be well advised to come stay here!). First night was in a much more formal

Mike & James arrived at just after 12:00 SA local time ( 10:00 UTC) in the Seychelles, after making the decision to move on from Sri Lanka due to admin hassles they had there. Facing strong headwinds and some weather in the beginning, the guys took 17½ hours to complete the approximate 3,000km trip.

COMBINED LOG FROM THE SEYCHELLES Phew – that was close! At some stage during this trip things had to get plain terrifying, and it finally happened last night. On the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sri Lanka we were talking about the highs and lows of our trip and how we’ve struggled with the time