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First Annual Great Lakes Sonex fly in

Postby Sonex1517 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:52 pm

Photos from today's first annual Great Lakes Sonex Fly In held at Clow airport in Chicagoland.

Special thanks to Al Eidukas who organized a great event, and took an idea to a reality. Hopefully this is the first of many to come.

Bob Meyers (apologies - got this wrong the first time) gave an excellent two part presentation on building his Sonex tri gear and an AeroVee 2.1

Don Nienhouse brought his beautiful conventional gear Sonex to show.

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First Annual Great Lakes Sonex fly in

Postby Sonex1517 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:54 pm

More photos


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Postby Sonex1517 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:55 pm

And a few more photos...


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First Annual Great Lakes Sonex fly in

Postby Sonex1517 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:52 pm

I know Al will post more, but here is a brief summary from my view.

In addition to Bob Meyers presentations, we also had presentations by Rich Tichy on technical counselors, and by Larry Johnson on owning, operating, and inspecting an experimental aircraft.

I did a very short presentation on the Sonex Foundation.

Incredible prizes from some generous vendors and manufacturers, and a great volunteer staff.

The weather was not cooperating much however....

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Postby Sonex1517 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:53 pm

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Postby Sonex1517 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:41 pm

and one more...


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Re: First Annual Great Lakes Sonex fly in

Postby N1906R » Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:51 pm

A great event, great job for a first event. Good to see some local builders again and to meet some new ones as well. The presentations were well done, and thenks for the door prizes. Hope tp be there next year as well. Don Nienhouse has a beutiful machine and does it look and sound awsome.

Great job. Thanks for putting a fun event.
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First Annual Great Lakes Sonex fly in

Postby sonex 1614 » Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:09 am

Great time today! I can't wait to see how this event grows. Tons of great info! Thanks for putting this together Al.
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