About me

My name is Philip and I’m a private pilot, living in Washington State, USA.

I’ve always been fascinated with aviation and so a few years ago decided to get my license to fly. After a year of flying I decided that I didn’t have enough and I started accumulating cross country hours to build more experience and being able to earn my instrument rating in 2018.

At the same time, this idea came up in my head of eventually owning my own airplane. I spent a lot of time musing over various ideas, such as a Mooney M20, but at the same time I got intrigued by the idea of building my own airplane from a kit as it allows me to get an aircraft that’s actually younger than I am and have avionics that have been designed in this century.

After a lot of research and deliberation, I’ve landed on the Sling TSi, which has great handling and very good fuel economy.

I visited The Airplane Factory in Torrance, CA, got the chance to test fly the TSi and I was hooked, so now it’s time to build my own.

You can find my full build log at https://slingtsi.rueker.com/ but I may cross-post some content here for sharing.