SubSonex First Flight: Hernan Santibanez
Congratulations to Hernan Santibanez of Valparaiso, Chile whose SubSonex (S/N JSX0017) flew for the first time on February 5th. “She flies great!!” writes Hernan, “Mission accomplished, everything according to the schedule, thank you very much to everyone who made it possible for this aerodrome to be in the air.” Gold Wings are on the way… Read More
Learn More About Sonex Aircraft: EAA Homebuilders Week Archive Video Available
EAA Homebuilders Week is in the books, and Sonex Aircraft’s presentation for the virtual event is now available as a video archive. Watch Now! During this webinar multimedia presentation hosted by EAA, Sonex founder and president John Monnett discusses all aspects of the Sonex Aircraft and AeroConversions product lines, gives a tour of the Sonex… Read More
Tune-In to Sonex During EAA Homebuilders Week
EAA Homebuilders Week is coming-soon, and Sonex Aircraft will be making a presentation on Thursday, January 28th at 4pm Central Time. Sign Up Now! During this webinar multimedia presentation hosted by EAA, Sonex founder and president John Monnett will discuss all aspects of the Sonex Aircraft and AeroConversions product lines, and will be available to… Read More
Sonex First Flight: Peter Weber
Congratulations to Peter Weber of Winfield, British Columbia, Canada whose tri-gear, AeroVee Turbo powered Sonex (S/N 1668) flew for the first time on October 15th! “First flight of Sonex C-IGMW was at CYLW, on 15 Oct 2020 with test pilot Bill Bryan at the controls,” writes Peter, “Very successful flight, very responsive and lots of… Read More
The Sonerai Story Webinar Archive Available
The Sonerai Story webinar presentation is now available for viewing as an archive video: Watch Now! Sonex Aircraft founder and president John Monnett reviews how the Sonerai came into being and the current options for building one yourself. The Sonerai line of aircraft will be celebrating its 50th anniversary at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021. After… Read More
Sonex First Flight: Casey Cooper
Congratulations to Casey Cooper of Marana, Arizona whose standard gear, Rotax 912 powered Sonex (S/N 0719) flew for the first time on December 6th! “First flight was wonderful,” writes Casey, “Everything I thought it would be [and] a little more. It is such a fun flying toy.” Gold Wings are on the way! View the… Read More
Merry Christmas from Sonex Aircraft!
Christmas is here, and it’s time for our annual year-end inventory shut-down. We will be closed from December 24th through January 1st for Christmas, New Year’s Day and our annual year-end tasks. Sonex will reopen again on Monday, January 4th. We will be checking and responding to email as time allows during the week. Use… Read More
Sonex First Flight: Matt McKee
Congratulations to Matthew McKee of Franklinton, North Carolina whose standard gear, AeroVee powered Sonex (S/N 1084) flew for the first time on November 19th! Matt’s aircraft build is a great story of perseverance: “My official first flight date was 11-19-20, thirteen years after I started building,” writes Matt, “Why did it take so long? After… Read More
ELECTRIC Xenos First Flight: Gabe DeVault
Congratulations to Gabriel DeVault of Watsonville, California whose ELECTRIC powered Xenos (S/N X0059) flew for the first time on July 18th! “Intrepid Test Pilot Bob Mackey flew Gabriel DeVault’s Electric Sonex Xenos (N540EV) into the great blue,” writes Gabe, “After 40 minutes of flight, including a climb over 2000′ and some slow flight and stall… Read More
SubSonex First Flight: Andre Viljoen
Congratulations to Andre Viljoen of Broulee, New South Wales, Australia whose SubSonex (S/N JSX0030) flew for the first time on November 9th, becoming the first SubSonex based outside of the United States to fly. “Today I joined a very exclusive club when I took my SubSonex for its first fly,” writes Andre, “Yesterday I got… Read More
