OUR FLEET OF AEROPLANES
SLING
The Sling 2 was built for heroic adventure. Her 2009 maiden voyage flew Sling Aircraft founders Mike Blyth and James Pitman Around-The-World (ATW). A 40-day, 45,000 km journey that included 22-hour legs of the severest of weather conditions. Her aluminium airframe makes for ease and consistency of construction, while offering proven strength and a longer lifespan than most composite rivals. Designed to be a perfectly balanced aircraft, the Sling 2 is a sexy looker that would out-perform other aircraft in its class while being highly economical and fun to fly. Being a stressed-skin, semi-monocoque aircraft, the Sling 2 is made to precise standards from aviation grade aluminium, punched using CNC machines. Rugged aluminium lines, combined with cutting-edge tech advances, ensure that the Sling looks the way an aircraft should and flies even better.
PIPER ARCHER
Archers, which were simply renamed Cherokee 180s, debuted in 1974, and made their entry wearing the old Hershey Bar wings. They differed from the Warrior not just in the horsepower department, but also in size. In 1973 the airplane was given a five-inch fuselage stretch; a bigger door, cabin, and stabilator area; a new version of the O-360; a 50-pound gross weight increase; and an instrument panel redesign. Like the Warrior, airplanes in the 1974 model year were first called Challengers. In 1976 the wing planform was tapered and the aircraft were renamed Archer IIs. Archer manuals proclaim maximum cruise speeds in the 125-kt range at 75-percent power — about the same as the Warrior II's — but Archers have maximum gross weights 225 pounds greater.
BEECHCRAFT BARRON 55
The Beechcraft Baron is a light, twin-engined piston aircraft developed by Beechcraft. The Baron 55 is Beechcraft's first Baron model and was introduced in 1961. It served as a replacement for the Model 95 Travel Air and offered updated 260-HP Continental IO-470L engines. Multiple subvariants were later created, including the A55 with new instruments, the D55 with 'speed-slope' windshield, and the E55 with improved avionics and added features.
The early Baron 55, A55, and B55 were fitted with 260 hp Continental IO-470 engines and had gross weights of 4,880 to 5,100 lb. These had a typical cruise speed of 190 knots at 7000 ft and came with 116 or 136 US gallons fuel tanks. The aircraft is highly responsive and offers trim controls for the elevator, rudder, and ailerons. The cockpit and cabin offer passenger comfort, with adjustable rudder pedals, a retractable center armrest, and plenty of headroom.
BEECHCRAFT 1900
Produced between 1982 and 2002, a total of 695 Beechcraft 1900 aircraft of all variants were built. The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop fixed-wing aircraft manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company (now Textron Aviation). It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner. It is also used as a freight aircraft and corporate transport and by the United States military and other governments.
While the 1900C had become a popular regional airliner, Beechcraft undertook a substantial redesign of the aircraft, and in 1991 introduced a new version called the 1900D. This design featured a stretched interior, allowing passengers to walk upright instead of bending forward while loading the airplane. Other elements of the 1900D were also changed, with more powerful engines installed and winglets added to help with the drag added to the design by the taller passenger cabin.
PIPER SENECA
The Piper Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft designed to hold five or six people and used primarily for personal and business flying. It has been in production since 1971, though not continuously. It was actually first developed as a twin-engined version of the Piper Cherokee Six. Several different modifications have been made over the years, leading to the Senecas II, III, and IV. The current model is the Seneca V, which was certified at the end of 1996 and put into production in 1997.
TUCANO REPLICA
The Flying Legend Tucano R-Experimental replica of the Tucano with retractable landing gear and variable pitch prop, is the right choice of aircraft for pilots who dreamed of fly a warbird with the feel of flying a military fighter.
Thanks to its heavy-duty structure and the new wing design, it flies very stable allowing to safely perform basic acrobatic maneuvers.
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