Mike & James departed at 01:00 SA local time ( 23:00 UTC) from Kuala Lumpur, and are now en-route to Sri Lanka, Colombo. This leg is expected to take between 13-14 hours to cover a distance of 2,470km to Colombo Bandaranayake International Airport. Bad weather has however been predicted for them along the way, so

View this excellent video made by Brady Lane from EAA, USA. It truly captures the spirit behind the Sling project and The Airplane Factory.

Mike & James arrived in Sri Lanka at 12:00 SA local time ( 10:00 UTC) after facing some strong headwinds and bad weather along the way. This leg took them 17½ hours to complete, and they covered a distance of approximately 2,470km.

Thanks to the vigilance of our website visitors, we were informed that the Sling is moving, and we were surprised to find out the Mike & James were already en-route to the Seychelles. Due to a lot of admin hassles the guys felt it best to push on, and are now currently on their way

Video log from Kuala Lumpur

Mike & James departed from Balikpapan and are now heading towards Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia. This leg is expected to take nearly 10 hours and will cover a distance of approximately 1,755km. Kuala Lumpur is the capital and largest city of Malaysia, and home to the very well-know Petronas Twin Towers.

Mike & James arrived safely in Kuala Lumpur after adjusting their flight plan in order to avoid bad weather en-route to K.L. This leg took them 17½ hours to complete to cover an approximate distance of 2,075km. They will be spending a full day in Kuala Lumpur, and will depart on the 21st of August

Mike & James sent us some photos of their time in Balikpapan, as well as the trip to Kuala Lumpur. View the Gallery page to see all the photos.

BIAK On final approach to landing there were people running across the runway and then halfway down the runway there were 2 major soccer games being played on the grass right next to the runway. That really made us smile as we steeled ourselves for having to deal with the officials. The instant we switched

Hi Mike & James, The grannies were so worried that you were just flying through the islands without having any time to enjoy the view of the local island girls, that they sent this picture through to give you a bit of “Island Girl” eye candy. They just wanted to let you guys know that