During AirVenture 2018, Sonex Aircraft held the first-ever SubSonex Factory Seminar. The two-hour event was held at Sonex factory headquarters with approximately 60 people in-attendance to receive a focused informational session about all aspects of building, flying and owning a SubSonex Personal Jet, including a fun and informative panel discussion with Sonex founder and president… Read More
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 is in-the-books, and what a great show it was! Great weather was combined with outstanding attendance numbers and a stimulated economy to result in one of the best Oshkosh events in recent history for Sonex Aircraft and the industry as a whole. The week was kicked-off with our 15th annual Sonex… Read More
AirVenture is officially here! Although weather kept most customer aircraft away for our 15th Annual Sonex Open House and Homecoming Fly-In today, we still had a great turnout for the event and enjoyed meeting and talking to everyone. Two customer SubSonex Personal Jet aircraft are here in Oshkosh for AirVenture 2018, and we took the… Read More
A reminder to all EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 attendees: don’t forget to sign-up for your Sonex Factory Tour today! Sonex will be offering tours of our factory headquarters facility every morning, Monday July 23rd through Friday July 27th at 9am, and Saturday July 28th at 10am. You can drive directly to Sonex Aircraft, or RSVP to catch… Read More
Focused Event for the Serious SubSonex Builder/Owner/Pilot Prospect to be held Thursday, July 26th Sonex Aircraft, LLC is excited to announce the first-ever SubSonex Factory Seminar, to be held on Thursday, July 26th during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh! The event will take place from 3-5 pm at Sonex Aircraft factory headquarters on the East side of… Read More
What can you do with a Sonex Aircraft? Australian builders Brian Ham, Peter Anson and Stuart Trist decided to take an ambitious trip to Lake Eyre this summer, each flying their own Sonex, over some foreboding country in Northern South Australia. Lake Eyre, officially known as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, contains the lowest natural point in… Read More
Congratulations to Gordon Baxter of Kitchener, Ontario Canada whose VW powered Standard Gear Onex (S/N ONX0024) flew for the first time on June 17th! “My Onex made it’s first flight with my friend and test pilot Glen Oliphant on June 17, 2018,” writes Gordon. “The flight went well and we are proceeding with the test… Read More
"90% done 90% to go," writes SubSonex builder Rick Ksander of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Rick sent us these great pictures of his SubSonex s/n JSX0012, as he was preparing it for static display at the Peterborough Airshow last weekend. Rick’s beautiful polish job and graphics bring back fond memories from a generation ago and sends… Read More
Congratulations to Richard Ewing of Perth, Western Australia whose AeroVee powered Tri-Gear Sonex (S/N 1586) flew for the first time on June 26th! “I’m very impressed with the way the aircraft flies,” writes Richard. “It has very good manners on the ground, has very nicely harmonised controls and gave me no concerns during the flight…. Read More
Remember how we said that some builders are so busy having fun flying their aircraft that they forget to tell us about their first flights? Here’s another recent example: “Attached is a photo of my completed Sonex," writes Peter Weston of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, “I’ve been flying it happily for years but never reported having… Read More
