The combination of responsive yet solid flight controls, respectable climb performance, and advanced avionics mean the Bristell SLSA makes a great twoperson crosscountry flying machine—or a great way to build skill towards an instrument rating and the competence to fly heavier, faster airplanes. Powered by a turbochraged Rotax 915iS turning a DUC 4blade or Sensenich 3blade prop, the Bristell uses that 135 horsepower at max continuous to leap off the runway, as it did both in EditorinChief Julie Boatman’s test flights and during the photo shoot for the feature in FLYING shot down at Naples Airport in Florida.