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Category: Flying Stories

Sonex Flying Stories: Want to Afford a Sonex? Quit Smoking!

Published: November 11, 2019 | Posted In: Builder News, Flying Stories, Homepage - Side Column
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Sonex Builder Richard Young (Sonex SN: 1566) gives a fun and entertaining comparison of the cost of sport flying vs. other habits in your life. See More Sonex Flying Stories!

Sonex Flying Stories: How a Waiex Project Launched Nick Sheryka’s Career and Fulfilled a Dream

Published: November 7, 2019 | Posted In: Builder News, Flying Stories, Homepage - Side Column

Nick Sheryka, builder of Waiex SN: W0142, was recently featured in a great article on his employer’s web site. Nick is the Principal Flight Test Engineer for Boom Supersonic, a private startup with the goal of building a viable Quiet SuperSonex (whoops! SuperSonic, that is) Transport (QSST) called Overture. While Nick certainly supplied the talent… Read More

Sonex Flying Stories: Aussie Builders Fly to Amazing Alien Landscape

Published: August 1, 2019 | Posted In: Builder News, Flying Stories, Homepage - Side Column

Like many pilots, Sonex Aircraft builders take some pretty fun cross-country trips. A group of four Sonex’s in Australia recently flew to White Cliffs in Western New South Wales. There aren’t any real cliffs in White Cliffs, but what they did find was an amazing alien landcape in the tiny opal mining town where most… Read More

Sonex Flying Stories: Pete and Wayne’s Excellent SNF Adventure – and an Award!

Published: April 16, 2019 | Posted In: Builder News, Flying Stories, Homepage - Side Column, Sun 'n Fun

“Congratulations. Your Aircraft is an Award Winner!” That’s the card that homebuilders around the world hope to see when they return to their aircraft towards the end of a big fly-in. Pete Van Schalkwyk found one such card on his aircraft at Sun ‘n Fun 2019! Congratulations to Pete, whose AeroVee Powered Sonex (s/n 0773)… Read More

Sonex Flying Stories: Juergen Voll is Having a Blast in his Waiex-B!

Published: March 11, 2019 | Posted In: Builder News, Flying Stories, Homepage - Side Column
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Waiex B-Model builder Juergen Voll recently sent us this YouTube Video of aerobatics in his AeroVee Turbo powered aircraft. “It flies pretty nice with a nice crisp response to the aerobatic ailerons,” wrote Jurgen in his original first flight post, and you can see he’s just starting to explore that roll response in this video…. Read More

Sonex Flying Stories: 3-Ship Trip Across the Australian Outback to Lake Eyre

Published: August 17, 2018 | Posted In: Builder News, Flying Stories

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

Robert Barber: Northward Ho! Alaska and Back in a Plansbuilt Sonex

Published: March 1, 2014 | Posted In: Flying Stories, Sonex Aircraft in the News

Who says the Sonex is not a cross-country machine? Sonex Builder Robert Barber (S/N 271) sure doesn’t, as he flew his Jabiru 3300 powered Sonex from his home in Bryan, TX to Alaska and back! The tale of his journey can be found in an article Robert wrote for the April, 2014 issue of Kitplanes… Read More

Michael Farley: My Life With a Waiex…

Published: April 5, 2012 | Posted In: Flying Stories

Contrary to most stories, I’m going to cheat and tell you the last chapter of this story first.  Or, perhaps I should say, I’m going to fill you in on the most recent chapter that I’ve written so far, and then I’m going to sit back and hope that my experiences will help convince you… Read More

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: Building Xenos 42 in a Jersey City Townhouse

Published: December 15, 2010 | Posted In: Builder News, Flying Stories

When asked by prospective builders “how much shop space do I need to build a Sonex, Waiex or Xenos?” the staff at Sonex Aircraft will sometimes reply with “where there’s a will, there’s a way.” Sonex Aircraft are routinely constructed in single-car garages and other small shop spaces. Through the years, we’ve seen customers building… Read More

EAA Sport Pilot Magazine: “Cross Country; Flying Across the Lower 48 in a Light Sport Aircraft”

Published: December 1, 2009 | Posted In: Builder News, Flying Stories, Sonex (aircraft model) Press, Sonex Aircraft in the News

EAA Sport Pilot Magazine “Cross Country; Flying Across the Lower 48 in a Light Sport Aircraft” by Phil Simon Read the Article! The December, 2009 issue of Sport Pilot magazine, features an article highlighting Sonex builder Phil Simon’s cross country adventure: becoming the first Sport Pilot to land in all lower-48 United States. The full… Read More

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