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Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

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Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby rkurian » Sat Apr 11, 2015 11:30 am

After 11 1/2 years of part time building, 2 moves and 2 job changes, plans built Sonex 612 with AeroVee took to the air today at 7:40 CDT. It was all I could hope for. Slight tweeking needed, but nothing major. Oh what a feeling!!
Ray Kurian
Sonex 612 (N115DM)
Plans Built
Trigear, Aerovee, Dual stick.
First flight 4/11/2015
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Re: Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby MichaelFarley56 » Sat Apr 11, 2015 11:50 am

Congratulations on a huge milestone! If you get some time we'd love to hear some details on how it went.

Now the real fun begins! Congrats again!
Mike Farley
Waiex #0056 - N569KM (sold)
Onex #245
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Re: Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby vicdelgado9 » Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:49 pm

Big Congratulations! I can attest and confirm what you have gone through as a scratchbuilder and can only imagine your feeling at first flight. I am looking forward to hearing and seeing more about it!
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: Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:53 pm

Awesome and welcome to the forums! Hope to hear more from you!
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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Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby Sonex1517 » Sat Apr 11, 2015 2:14 pm

Excellent news!

Congratulations, and we look forward to hearing more!


Robbie Culver
Sonex 1517
Chicagoland
Tails and Wings complete - finishing fuselage.
N1517S reserved
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Sonex 1517
Aero Estates (T25)
First flight 10/10/2015
375+ hours
Jabiru 3300 Gen 4
Prince P Tip
Taildragger
N1517S
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Re: Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby Gripdana » Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:11 pm

Congratulations! Glad to see another one take to the sky's.
Dana Baker
Scratch Built
First Flight March 8, 2015
Sonex #1534 - N1534S "Aluminum Foil"
Aerovee-Dual Controls-Tail Dragger
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Re: Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby kevinh » Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:39 pm

congrats! I loved that feeling!
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: Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby mike.smith » Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:05 pm

If there aren't any pictures, then it didn't happen... ;) Seriously, congratulations on your perseverance as much as your first flight!
Mike Smith
Sonex N439M
Scratch built, AeroVee, Dual stick, Tail dragger
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Re: Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby DCASonex » Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:12 am

Congratulations, after 11-1/2 years of scratch building you deserve a celebration.

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Re: Sonex 612 (N115DM) First Flight!

Postby andrewp » Sun Apr 12, 2015 10:04 am

Congratulations - very awesome. Well done fellow 600 series-er (I am not worthy, I was not scratch built!)

AP
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