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Matt was selected as one of the early FAA Designated Pilot Examiners for Sport Pilot and maintains examiner authority in Airplane, Glider and WSC for both Pilot and Flight Instructor. He is also a Flight Instructor in Airplane, Glider and WSC. Matt holds a Commerical Pilot rating in Airplane SEL and Private MEL as well as Glider and Weight-Shift Control (WSC). In 2000 he moved to California to run several aviation-related businesses in partnership with Mike Blyth, the founder of The Airplane Factory. After working in many areas of the company he joined the marketing team and in 3 years became the head of the department. He started flying Microlights at age 16 and at 19 went to work for a small aircraft manufacturer. Matt Liknaitzky grew up in South Africa and had a passion for aviation at an early age. Having developed a passion for business, flying and adventure, Andrew now heads up Sling Aircraft overseeing Sales, Marketing, New Business Development, Finance and Operations both locally and internationally, and is the Accountable Manager of the company. With six years’ experience in corporate financial communications, Andrew fled the UK and returned to South Africa to join Sling Aircraft, as the tea boy and book keeper, later becoming sales and marketing manager. He moved to London the following year, and joined Addison Corporate Marketing as an Account Executive and later Account Manager, providing support to the investor relations teams of various clients, including Anglo American, Vodafone, The Premier League, Visa and WPP. After attending Michaelhouse boarding school for a fairly rebellious five years, Andrew graduated from Cape Town Varsity College in 2002 with an IMM diploma in International Business Management and Marketing. For background information on some of his more recent adventures see Andrew PitmanĪlso growing up on a farm in the Midlands of Natal, Andrew, early on, developed a love for traveling, the outdoors and speed, often being found stripping a 2-stroke dirt bike, only to see if it would go faster once put back together. He has also always been a keen sportsman and traveler. Following the successful sale of the mining business, James was able to give expression to his love of flying by joining Mike as his business partner in Sling Aircraft.Īt a young age James developed a deep love of the outdoors and adventure. More recently James has worked as a VP of a mining exploration company listed in London and Toronto. He is a qualified lawyer who completed a university degree in science prior to studying law.

James, also a shareholder in Sling Aircraft, grew up on a farm in the Kwa-Zulu Natal midlands of South Africa. To learn more about Mike’s aviation adventures see and Sling Aircraft is Mike’s latest, and he believes greatest, venture. Mike is a past aviation world champion and has received numerous awards both for his contribution to aviation in South Africa and his aviation feats, as well as the films he has made to record them. A pioneer of early microlight aviation in South Africa, Mike has been involved in the aircraft business, designing, building and selling aircraft for 29 years. Mike, a shareholder and the person who started Sling Aircraft, is a fifth generation South African with a passion for aviation.

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