Visit to The Airplane Factory

Llewellyn and Dave fly Red Rocket ZDL up to Johannesburg

ZDL's Dave with James Pitman of The Airplane Factory while maintenance guy Daniel looks agog at the list of repairs, maintenance and improvements we presented him with. Daniel promised us top service though and was more than happy to tackle the job.

James and Nicci arrived to pay a visit in IFR

James took Lllewellyn for 3 barrel rolls - wow, this plane really can do it!

Daniel takles some finishing work on the factory's newest Sling off the production line

The mountains around van Reenen's Pass on the way up from Durban

What a way to spend the public holiday on Wednesday. We were up early and off in the Red Rocket on our forst adventure together beyond the neighbouring airfields. We were soon feeling confident of the routing, the frequencies and able to take in the magnificent scenery as we winged our way from Virginia to Tedderfield. The guys at The Airplane Factory were hard at work on the holiday and it was great to see the machinery swining into place getting new Slings out to happy customers and keeping older customers equally enthralled. What incredible enthusiasm and passion from everyone we encountered at the factory. Keep this up guys. It is amazing to hear that Sling # 82 and possibly # 83 has been sold.!!!