by Sonex541 » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:59 am
Here is a quick story on how I started flying ,i always wanted to fly when I was 24 I a lesson in a 150. , one lesson yep that's it , it was exspensive , and time consuming I was in the middle of opening my own company and building a house so it went on the back burner , well about 4 years ago I went to a aviation fun day at my local airport and saw a good friend who I had raced stock cars with. And he had a few planes there on display and I told him I wanted to start to fly and learn so he said here I will introduce you to a cfi and he quad city challengers , well the following week I was 3 lessons into it and bought a used challeger for cheap money and a month later after the aviation day I was signed off to solo challengers and was having a blast flying everyday , morning before work and after work , and work towards my sport pilot license , well after a few months and 60 hours later , I was looking into a Sonex , fast , go place fast plane ,2 person , and cheap to maintain , so I bought a used one in Texas (Tailwheel) I spent 9 months goin thru every nut and bolt and wire , supposedly this plane was in flying condition , found a lot of issues , thanks god I didn't ferry it back to mass,we hauled it back up here , after 9 months it was ready to , I had 8 hours in a cub tailwheel and that is it ,I found a great cfi who is one of my best friends now to teach me tail wheel , and after about 10 hours he signed me off to solo the Sonex , I had no intentions of buying a tail wheel I got a great deal and figured what the heck I gotta learn how to fly the plane anyways what's one more thing to learn at this point ,
Go buy a used one , building is a great deal of time and commitment, if you wanna fly fast and soon buy a used one , you will never get the money you have into it when your done back , there are a lot of great deals on used ones , have it completely inspected ,do some changes and things you like and you will have a plane that you will enjoy , takes a lot to build , I don't have the time , or patience , wish I did tho ,
Adam simmons
Sonex541