The First Thousand Hours: Waiex W0082
Congratulations to Kip Laurie, builder and owner of Waiex W0082 who recently surpassed 1,000 hours on his aircraft! The orange and white Jabiru 3300 powered taildragger has become extremely well-known in the Sonex community both for the quality of the build as-well as the quality of the builder’s personality. In his post to the SonexBuilders.net… Read More
Sonex Flying Stories: Want to Afford a Sonex? Quit Smoking!
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
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
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!
“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!
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
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
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…
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
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
