AIRPLANE FACTORY

Sling Aircraft is an aircraft manufacturer based in Eikenhof, Johannesburg South, South Africa. The company designs and manufactures light aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories. Sling Aircraft utilizes numerical control manufacturing and computer-aided design in its aircraft design and production processes. The company produces the two-seat Sling 2, the four-seat Sling 4, and the Sling TSi. Sling Aircraft’s latest model is the Sling HW, a new high-wing model that made its first flight in 2020. The company is a privately held company under South African law, with three shareholders including Mike Blyth, James Pitman, and Andrew Pitman.