Sling Aircraft
Sling Aircraft Ltd, formerly called The Airplane Factory Ltd., is a South African aircraft manufacturer based at Tedderfield Airpark,
Eikenhof, Johannesburg South. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of 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.
The enterprise is a proprietary company under South African law.
The company has three shareholders: Mike Blyth, Director; James Pitman, Chairman; Andrew Pitman, Managing Director. Other key people include: Ivan Booysen, Production Director; and Branko Brkljac, Stores and Kit Packing Manager.
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, which was first flown in 2008 and the four-seat Sling 4, introduced in 2009 and the new Sling TSi which was first released in 2018.
In July 2013, a Sling 4 was flown by Mike Blyth and his son from South Africa to AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. The flight included a 14-hour over-water leg using the modified Sling 4's 20 hours of fuel endurance.
Aircraft
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
| Sling Aircraft Sling 2 | 18 November 2008 | 60 | Two-seat, low wing microlight aircraft |
| Sling Aircraft Sling 4 | 2009 | Four-seat, low wing aircraft | |
| Sling Aircraft Sling TSi | 2018 | Four-seat, low wing aircraft |