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First flight Waiex

Postby WaiexN143NM » Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:42 pm

Hi all,
Just a quick note to tell the sonex family my father and I flew our WaiexN143NM on Jan 16th at 3pm at Ryan Field Tucson AZ. Everything went well the plane flew straight and true. Building took 4 yrs during the winter here. We have the Jab 3300 , Dynon glass, Rotec tbi. Flying phase 1. We look forward to lots of fun trips with the plane. To you all still building, keep at it!!! (I'm trying to figure out how to upload pics to share) Thanks to the Sonex staff, dynon tech support, Lonnie Prince, Juan at KRYN at Southwest Avionics , and many more who helped in some way. Michael and Norman RADTKE.
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Re: First flight Waiex

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:57 pm

Congtatulations guys! Must be spring with all these first flights! Looking forward to the pictures once you have it figured out.
Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: First flight Waiex

Postby Gripdana » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:18 pm

CONGRATULATIONS!
Dana Baker
Scratch Built
First Flight March 8, 2015
Sonex #1534 - N1534S "Aluminum Foil"
Aerovee-Dual Controls-Tail Dragger
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First flight Waiex

Postby Sonex1517 » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:52 pm

Congratulations!
Robbie Culver
Sonex 1517
Aero Estates (T25)
First flight 10/10/2015
325+ hours
Jabiru 3300 Gen 4
Prince P Tip
Taildragger
N1517S
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Re: First flight Waiex

Postby SonexN76ET » Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:58 pm

Congratulations! I look forward to seeing you in the air! (or at least at one of the fly ins!)

Jake
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Re: First flight Waiex

Postby Sonex1462 » Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:55 pm

Congratulations!

John Stewart
Sonex 1462
John Stewart
Sonex 1462
Kit, Aerovee, Tri Gear, ST Controls

Website: http://stewartaircraft.net
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Re: First flight Waiex

Postby vicdelgado9 » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:19 pm

Great to hear! Congratulations! I look forward to seeing the pics myself!
Vic Delgado
Sonex "CorVex" #969 Plans
3.0L Corvair, tail dragger, single stick
Houston, TX
Expercraft Builders Log
complete: tail,wings, welded & angle parts
"Old Corvairs never die, They just earn their wings".
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Re: First flight Waiex

Postby Sonex1517 » Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:35 pm

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Robbie Culver
Sonex 1517
Aero Estates (T25)
First flight 10/10/2015
325+ hours
Jabiru 3300 Gen 4
Prince P Tip
Taildragger
N1517S
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Re: First flight Waiex

Postby kevinh » Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:20 pm

WOW! Great paint!
Taildragger Waiex in progress, tail done, wings done, about to mate wings to fuse,
then cowl, canopy, paint (photos): flush rivets, turbo aerovee, acro ailerons
(I built my RV7A and happily flew it for about 500 hrs)
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Re: First flight Waiex

Postby andrewp » Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:48 pm

Oh I agree - sweet looking paint - nice work sir!
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