Move-Over B&W Screens: MGL Blaze Color Singles Instrument Package is Here!
Ever wonder how our Sonex Aircraft Total Cost Worksheet can show a $2,000 minimum instrument budget? These instruments are the key! The black and white MGL Velocity Singles package, mainstay of Sonex affordability for years, has now been replaced by the enhanced MGL Blaze Color Singles Package! Get all of your basic VFR flight information,… Read More
Kitplanes Magazine Kicks-Off SubSonex Build Multi-Part Series
The SubSonex Personal Jet is featured on the cover of the November 2019 issue of Kitplanes Magazine! The cover story, featuring SubSonex serial number JSX0021 built by Kitplanes Editor at Large Paul Dye, is the first installment of an 8-10 part series detailing the construction of his jet. Incredibly, this series of articles spread-out over… Read More
JSX-2T Kit Reservation Deposits Now Accepted!
Update 09/02/2020: Due to COVID-19 and government contracts in our Sonex Aerospace business unit, the JSX-2T project is seeing delays. Despite these delays, we hope to have a prototype on-display at AirVenture 2021. In the meantime, the SubSonex JSX-2T Kit Reservation Deposit program has been suspended. JSX-2T Estimated Specifications & Performance Length 18′ 7.75″ [5.68… Read More
Announcing JSX-2T: A 2-Place Jet!
Sonex Aircraft is pleased to announce the development of a 2-place variant of the popular SubSonex Personal Jet! SubSonex JSX-2T is designed to be the lowest cost jet trainer ever! It will be a perfect trainer for the single-place JSX-2, and for those who want to share the unique experience of jet-powered flight in a… Read More
Sonex Employee Anniversaries: Cris Nash Celebrates 3 Years of Service!
Congratulations to Cris Nash who celebrates his 3-year full-time employment anniversary at Sonex Aircraft, LLC this month! Cris joined us in May of 2016 as a part-time airframe assembly mechanic while attending Fox Valley Technical College. After graduation with his avionics technician degree we added Cris to our full-time staff as our Quick Build Department Lead Mechanic,… Read More
Oshkosh is Coming-Up Soon: See the Sonex Events Schedule!
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 is right around the corner! Be sure to stop by and see us in the new and improved Kit Aircraft Display area Booth 602 and 603! Our full schedule of events for Oshkosh 2019 is now published on our Sonex Company Events Calendar. July 21st Sonex Open House and Homecoming Fly-In:… Read More
Sonex Employee Anniversaries: Mark Schaible Celebrates 15 Years of Service!
Congratulations to Mark Schaible, who celebrates his 15-year employment anniversary at Sonex Aircraft, LLC this month! Mark has been with Sonex Aircraft in a full-time capacity since June of 2004, and worked part-time and as a freelance contractor for Sonex beginning in 2003. Mark currently serves as General Manager for Sonex Aircraft and is responsible… Read More
Sonex Builders Enjoy the 2019 Midwest Sonex Fly-In!
The Midwest Sonex Fly-In has become a much-anticipated annual tradition among Sonex builders, pilots and enthusiasts alike. The 2019 Midwest Sonex Fly-In was held last weekend at Drake Field Airport in Fayetteville, Arkansas and was a huge success. The following is a report from event organizers Frank Klimek and Rick Wantz: “The 2019 Midwest Sonex… Read More
The “Build Everyone is Watching” Reaches 30 Hours
With an orange flight suit selfie that could be mistaken for something out of a U2 or SR-71 to the untrained eye, Kitplanes editor Paul Dye posted recently that he has surpassed 30 hours of flight time on his SubSonex s/n JSX0021. More significantly, he has completed all of the flight test cards provided in… Read More
Poznan Institute of Technology Celebrates History with the AeroVee
On January 6, 1919 Polish rebels defeated German forces during the Greater Poland Uprising, capturing the Poznan Lawica Airport and managing to seize most of the German equipment including over 300 aircraft. Among them were three Fokker D-VII fighters. To commemorate this anniversary, along with the 100th anniversary of their school, Poznan University of Technology… Read More
