Sonex Aircraft in the News: The Long View of SubSonex Ownership
The award winning SubSonex Personal Jet built by KITPLANES Editor at Large and retired NASA Flight Director Paul Dye once again graces the cover of KITPLANES magazine this month. This article is an insightful review of Paul’s SubSonex ownership experience over the past four years. Like the rest of the Sonex fleet of aircraft designs,… Read More
Sonex-B First Flight: Rich Mercurio
Congratulations to Rich Mercurio of Pataskala, Ohio whose AeroVee Turbo powered Sonex-B (S/N SNB0027) flew for the first time on February 3rd! “Took off and landed on 9OA5 in Hebron, Ohio behind the AeroVee turbo,” writes Rich. “Thanks to Jim Carter and Jim Baldwin who looked over my shoulder during build. Sonex help line also… Read More
Watch the 2024 Sonex/EAA Homebuilders Week Webinar Archive
Sonex’s webinar presentation for EAA’s 2024 Homebuilders Week is now available on YouTube! This is an archive video of the live webinar presentation given on Thursday, January 25th. This webinar outlines all of our Sonex airframes and AeroConversions products. While we ran short of time to answer live questions this year, you may submit your… Read More
Don’t Miss the 2024 Sonex/EAA Homebuilders Week Webinar!
EAA’s annual Homebuilders Week is here again! Sonex will be giving a webinar presentation on Thursday, January 25th at 2:30 pm Central Time. This webinar will outline all of our Sonex airframes and AeroConversions products, and will include time to have your questions answered live. See last-year’s Sonex Homebuilders Week webinar in the video above,… Read More
Sonex First Flight: Steven Ridge
Congratulations to Steven Ridge of Stocksbridge, Sheffield, UK whose CAMit 3300 powered Sonex (S/N 1383) flew for the first time on January 6th! “Now Finished and flown from Crosland Moor, Huddersfield,” writes Steven Gold Wings are on the way! View the Latest Sonex Aircraft Completions Learn More About the Sonex!
Sonex First Flight: Carl Jaeger
Congratulations to Carl Jaeger and friends from Norway whose UL350iS powered Sonex (S/N 1571) flew for the first time on December 27th! “Sonex #1571, reg nr LN-SNX flew for the first time in Kristiansand, Norway on 27th December,” writes Carl, “It is standard gear, with a UL Power 350is engine which provides plenty of power…. Read More
Waiex-B First Flight: Martin Giraldo – Completing His Father’s Dream
Congratulations to Martin Giraldo of Bogotá, Colombia for completing his father’s dream of building and flying an aircraft by flying Waiex-B (S/N WXB0020) for the first time on December 21st! “At Sun ‘n Fun 2016 my father Mauricio Giraldo purchased the Waiex-B [kit] and in November of that year the tail kit arrived and so… Read More
Merry Christmas from Sonex and a Reminder about our Annual Inventory Shut-Down
The Christmas Season is here once again and we’d like to wish our Customer, Employee and Vendor families a joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year! If you’re still dreaming about starting a Sonex project, be sure to print this picture and put it under Santa’s (or your wife’s) pillow. Reminder: We will once again… Read More
The Elephant in the Room: The Kit Industry is Healthier than you Think!
There’s an elephant in the room. The business situation with our friends and competitor in Oregon obviously cannot be ignored. So the question is: Is this endemic to the rest of the kit aircraft industry? We’re happy to report that it’s not. Sonex owner and president Mark Schaible participated in a round-table discussion with Sebastian… Read More
What if David Attenborough Meets a Waiex?
“Hope you enjoy this fun side of building a Sonex,” is the closing slide of this new video made by Australian Waiex-B builder Andy Gaunt, and that says it all. What is a homebuilt aircraft project supposed to be if not fun? Builders of Sonex kits are having fun in many different forms, keeping the… Read More
