'New' Sling 4 in Canberra
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 12:48 am
Been following these forums for a while, thought it's probably time to introduce myself
I'm a PPL in Canberra, Australia and have been flying mainly Cessna 172's for several years, renting from the local aero club. I first saw the Sling a couple of years ago at Avalon (Aussie version of Oshkosh - but MUCH smaller) and it's been in the back of my mind since then, as a great aircraft for touring with my wife in a modern aircraft (she never was a huge fan of the 60's era airframe and steam gauges).
Anyway, whilst not a BUILDER, I am now an OWNER of a fairly well know pre-owned Sling 4, being the former ZU-TAD, which some on the forum may be familiar with as the early TSi prototype/demonstrator, with this aircraft having a 915is, TSi wings and tailplane for a period of time for testing, whilst touring across Africa. It's new home is with me in Canberra, now as VH-KMQ, and it flies very nicely - I am very impressed with the aircraft and what TAF have built.
Hopefully we'll be having many great adventures exploring Oz with this little ripper, and meeting up with other Sling-ers down under.
Geoff
I'm a PPL in Canberra, Australia and have been flying mainly Cessna 172's for several years, renting from the local aero club. I first saw the Sling a couple of years ago at Avalon (Aussie version of Oshkosh - but MUCH smaller) and it's been in the back of my mind since then, as a great aircraft for touring with my wife in a modern aircraft (she never was a huge fan of the 60's era airframe and steam gauges).
Anyway, whilst not a BUILDER, I am now an OWNER of a fairly well know pre-owned Sling 4, being the former ZU-TAD, which some on the forum may be familiar with as the early TSi prototype/demonstrator, with this aircraft having a 915is, TSi wings and tailplane for a period of time for testing, whilst touring across Africa. It's new home is with me in Canberra, now as VH-KMQ, and it flies very nicely - I am very impressed with the aircraft and what TAF have built.
Hopefully we'll be having many great adventures exploring Oz with this little ripper, and meeting up with other Sling-ers down under.
Geoff