The date of departure has been moved to 11am on Saturday the 18th of July 2009 . The Sling Around the World team have put in a lot of extra hours preparing the aircraft and flight testing and need an unhurried final preparation time and this will give them one more day to double-check everything but...

Hi there, Due to outstanding paperwork from overseas we have decided to postpone departure of the Sling to 10am on Friday the 17th of July 2009 . James says that we will serve muffins and coffee to those who want to come and see the departure, and both of them would like to thank everyone who has se...

Due to delays in documentation and flying permits Sling 002's date of departure for Oshkosh has been set back one day to Thursday 16 July 2009 at 10am from Springs Airfield. Route updates to follow soon on the website http://www.airplanefactory.co.za/world!

Hi there. We have updated the http://www.airplanefactory.co.za/world website, and you will see details on the Aircraft page of the long range tanks, and the Gallery page contains photos of the test flight.