Sling Aircraft

Sling Aircraft
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Sling Aircraft (Pty) Ltd, wanda a da ake kira The Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd., wani kamfani ne na Afirka ta Kudu wanda ke kera jirgin sama a Tedderfield Airpark, Eikenhof, Johannesburg ta Kudu. Kamfanin ya ƙware a ƙira da kera jiragen sama masu haske a cikin nau'ikan kayan amateur construction da kuma shirye-shiryen tashi da jirgin sama a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight da nau'ikan jiragen sama na light-sport aircraft na Amurka. ^{[1] [2] [3][4]}

Kamfanin kamfani ne na mallaka a ƙarƙashin dokar Afirka ta Kudu.

Kamfanin yana da masu hannun jari guda uku: Mike Blyth, Darakta; James Pitman, Shugaban; Andrew Pitman, Manajan Darakta.

Sling Aircraft yana amfani da ƙira mai sarrafa lamba da ƙira mai taimakon kwamfuta a ƙirar jirginsa da ayyukan samarwa. ^[5]

Kamfanin yana samar da Sling 2 mai kujeru biyu, wanda ya fara tashi a shekarar 2008 da Sling 4 mai kujeru hudu, wanda aka gabatar a shekarar 2011 ^[6] da Sling TSi wanda aka fara fitarwa a shekarar 2018. ^[7] Sabuwar samfurin da ake ƙera shi ne sabon samfurin babban reshe mai suna Sling HW wanda ya yi jirginsa na farko a shekarar 2020. ^[8]

A cikin Yuli 2013, Mike Blyth da ɗansa sun yi jigilar Sling 4 daga Afirka ta Kudu zuwa AirVenture a Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Amurka.^[9] Jirgin ya haɗa da ƙafar ruwa na sa'o'i 14 ta amfani da gyare-gyaren Sling 4 na sa'o'i 20 na juriyar mai.^[10]

A cikin watan Yuli 2022, uku Sling High Wings (one tail dragger, two with tricycle gear) ya tashi daga Afirka ta Kudu zuwa AirVenture a Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Amurka.^[11][12]

1. ↑ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 80. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. Samfuri:ISSN
2. ↑ Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 83. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Samfuri:ISSN
3. ↑ Sling Aircraft. "Sling Aircraft" . slingaircraft.com . Retrieved 26 February 2020.
4. ↑ Sling Aircraft. "History" . slingaircraft.com . Retrieved 26 February 2020.
5. ↑ The Airplane Factory (2019). "Innovators" . Retrieved 26 September 2019.
6. ↑ Paul Dye (June 2014). "Sling goes big". Kitplanes.
7. ↑ "Sling TSi Makes World Debut" . eaa.org . Retrieved 28 January 2019.
8. ↑ Sling Aircraft. "Sling HW Official Website" . slingaircraft.com . Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
9. ↑ Pilots' Post . "Sling 2020 Breakfast Fly- in" . pilotspost.com . Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
10. ↑ Pew, Glenn (2 August 2013). "South Africa To Oshkosh In The Sling 4" . Avweb.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
11. ↑ "Sling shot" . www.aopa.org . 10 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
12. ↑ Pilots' Post . "Sling 2020 Breakfast Fly- in" . pilotspost.com . Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.