| 词条 | The Airplane Factory | ||||||||||||||||
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| name = The Airplane factory (Pty) Ltd. | logo = The Airplane Factory Logo 2015.png | caption = | type = Privately held company | traded_as = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = | founder = | defunct = | hq_location = | hq_location_city = Eikenhof | hq_location_country = South Africa | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Aerospace | products = Kit aircraft | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = Mike Blyth, James Pitman, Andrew Pitman | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|www.airplanefactory.co.za}} | footnotes = | intl = }} The Airplane factory (Pty) 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.[1][2]The company has three shareholders: Mike Blyth, Director - Development, Marketing and Operations; James Pitman, Director - Corporate; and Andrew Pitman, Managing Director. Other key people include: Terry Musiker, Engineer - Aeronautical Engineering.[3] The Airplane Factory utilizes numerical control manufacturing and computer-aided design in its aircraft design and production processes.[1][2][3] The company produces the two-seat Sling 2, which was first flown in 2008 and the four-seat Sling 4, introduced in 2009[1][2][4] and the new Sling TSi which was first released in 2018[5]. 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.[6] Aircraft
References1. ^1 2 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 80. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN|1368-485X}} 2. ^1 2 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 83. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url = http://www.airplanefactory.co.za/team|title = Team|accessdate = 7 January 2015|last = The Airplane Factory|year = 2013}} 4. ^{{cite journal|magazine=Kitplanes|title=Sling goes big|author=Paul Dye|date=June 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/07-27-2018-sling-tsi-makes-world-debut|title=Sling TSi Makes World Debut|website=eaa.org|accessdate=28 January 2019}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Pew |first=Glenn |url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/South-Africa-To-Oshkosh-In-The-Sling4-airplanefactory-blyth220347-1.html |title=South Africa To Oshkosh In The Sling 4 |publisher=Avweb.com |date=2 August 2013 |accessdate=7 January 2015}} 7. ^Bernard, Mary and Suzanne B. Bopp: The Airplane Factory: Sling 2 (and Sling 4), Kitplanes, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2012, page 22. Belvoir Publications. {{ISSN|0891-1851}} External links{{Commons category}}
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