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Hi everyone ,
I had my first flight on March 6th. It was a very exciting ride!! Can't to wait to fly off my phase 1
Thanks to my mentor's John Gillis, and Jeff Shultz for showing me the way.also a lot of help came from Steve Rothert
This airplane is everything I dreamed
Search ' Mike's First Sonex Flight' on you tube

I can't find it mate. Do you have a link?

Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T3-lNWTzcw

Congrats!

Congratulations Mike! Way to go! Great looking takeoff. Engine sounds strong. I bet you can't wait for the next flight. Well done! Jake

Here's the tail cam video. http://youtu.be/lHi5aqzhAlY

Nice landing Mike! Congrats on the first flight!

Congratulations Mike on a beautiful first flight! Enjoy every moment you fly your Sonex. You've earned it!

I was flying chase in a C175 with Carl (another Sonex builder) while Mike did his first high speed taxi. So he finishes it and tells us on the radio that he wants to do another taxi text before first flight. We are in the pattern and watching, planning on another loop of the pattern before he launches. Well, we are on downwind, I see a shadow on the taxiway going really fast. I think, what the heck, is he back taxiing the taxiway at takeoff speed? No, Mike decided to fly. And the shadow was him departing the runway. Anywhoo, a C175 is no match for a newly hatched Sonex, they like to fly, fast. Mike pulled away and climbed to orbiting altitude before we could do a 180 to follow him. The best laid plans of catching his first flight on video from a chase plane where dashed. We climbed 1000ft above pattern and circled the airport for 30 minutes, occasionally catching sight of each other. My job was to keep the incoming traffic aware of what was happening above them. We landed just before he did and were able to catch his awesome landing on tape.

Congratulations!! That is awesome.

John Stewart
Sonex 1462