Tue, Aug 16, 2011
Sling 4 Is Prototype Of New GA Design
The latest creation from The Airplane Factory in South Africa
has embarked on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The Sling 4
... a four-place, single engine GA airplane ... is heading east
from South Africa, and the team plans to fly across the Indian
Ocean, through Japan, across the dangerous waters of the Bering
Sea, through the United States, across the North Atlantic and
finally back home via Western Africa.
The Sling 4 seater is The Airplane Factory's latest creation.
While the around-the-world attempt in a 4-place airplane is
something of an accomplishment in its own right, The Airplane
Factory team does have some experience on their side, as they flew
their first airplane ... an LSA ... around the world in 2009,
becoming the first to complete a circumnavigation in a 2 seat
LSA.
The team can be followed on The Airplane Factory website or via
Facebook
and Twitter.
The latest entry on the team blog from Monday says:
Our plan though, if the weather's
perfect, is to head off for Taiwan tomorrow afternoon, fly again
through the night and land there midday the following day. That'll
be roughly a 19 or 20 hour flight. Any questions on the weather and
we'll check out the possibility instead of delaying a day and doing
a day flight to Puerto Princessa International in the Philippines,
followed the next day by a day flight to Taiwan, dividing the
flight roughly in two. That does, however, depend on being able to
get permission within a day.
More News
Aero Linx: JAARS Nearly 1.5 billion people, using more than 5,500 languages, do not have a full Bible in their first language. Many of these people live in the most remote parts of>[...]
'Airplane Bounced Twice On The Grass Runway, Resulting In The Nose Wheel Separating From The Airplane...' Analysis: The pilot reported, “upon touchdown, the plane jumped back>[...]
"Burt is best known to the public for his historic designs of SpaceShipOne, Voyager, and GlobalFlyer, but for EAA members and aviation aficionados, his unique concepts began more t>[...]
"Polaris Dawn, the first of the program’s three human spaceflight missions, is targeted to launch to orbit no earlier than summer 2024. During the five-day mission, the crew >[...]
There Are SO Many Ways To Get YOUR Aero-News! It’s been a while since we have reminded everyone about all the ways we offer your daily dose of aviation news on-the-go...so he>[...]