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Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby tonyr » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:56 pm

Hi Guys,

After a rather long gestation of 8 years, 2months and 28 days (but who's counting) happy to report Sonex 813 made its first flight Saturday 4 Oct 14 at 3:30pm.
Weather was a little windy and bumpy at Callington Airstrip, South Australia but everything went well.
Three circuits and 6 or seven landings , I called it a day for a total of 31 mins.

Earlier in the day I went for a short familiarisation flight in another Sonex, with Peter Anson (we don't have the option of transition training down under!)
That did help with conditions, sight pictures and aircraft feel. Thanks Peter!
Lynn Jarvis the first Aussie to build a Sonex (#143) was also on hand for photos and support.

Cheers
Tony

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Re: Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby andrewp » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:00 pm

Congrats Richo!

Brings a tear to the eye... and another Sonex in SA!

Well done and enjoy and post more pictures....

Cheers,

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Re: Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby MichaelFarley56 » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:00 pm

Congratulations on your first flight Tony! I'm thrilled to hear it went well and I trust the Sonex did well. That is very exciting news!

Thanks for sharing and please keep us up to date on your testing phase!
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Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby Sonex1517 » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:04 pm

Congratulations Tony! Excellent news.


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Re: Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby daleandee » Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:42 pm

tonyr wrote:After a rather long gestation of 8 years, 2months and 28 days (but who's counting) happy to report Sonex 813 made its first flight Saturday 4 Oct 14 at 3:30pm.


Congrats Tony! I read the story on your site and see where you and I had at least one thing in common on our first flights as you stated, "Bounced the first landing but was able to power on and fly out of it." All too familiar!

I liked the video and it sure looked bumpy ... especially on final over the tree line! For those that didn't find it look here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MynRqR61qG4

Looks and sounds great. Enjoy!

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Re: Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby vigilant104 » Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:33 pm

Congratulations, Tony, and thanks for the video. The plane looks great.
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Re: Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby mike.smith » Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:40 am

Congratulations! An awesome feeling, isn't it?

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Re: Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:42 am

Great job Tony! Looks great!
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Re: Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby kmacht » Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:48 am

Congratulations. It has to be a great feeling to take it up for the first time after 8 years of building.

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Re: Sonex 813 First Flight

Postby aganjoo » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:15 pm

Congratulations
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