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Around the World Expedition "Mike and James, proud owners of The Airplane Factory, intend to fly the Sling D6 from Johannesburg, South Africa, to the Oshkosh Airventure Airshow, Wisconsin USA, in July this year. They will return to Johannesburg by continuing their journey west, circumnavigating the globe en-route. The journey started on 18 July at 12h30 and end on 22 August 2009" Follow their j… Continue

Chalkie Stobbart, from Johannesburg, South Africa, achieved to break one of aviation’s longstanding records - Alex Henshaw’s round trip solo flight in 1939 between Cape Town and London in a single-engine aircraft in 4 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes. Chalkie flew a GP 4 homebuilt in the record time of 3 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes.
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