Welcome to Adrian's SONEX #930 Website.
SAAA annual flyin and convention Narromine 15th September 2011.
Narromine is 100 Nm west of Bathurst, an easy 55 minute flight with my new propeller.
The third Sonex to make the journey all the way from Benalla in Victoria.
A Luscombe a KR2 a Jodel and Steve's Sonex
A Mustang ,he gave a wonderful flying display and it sounded great. VH-PLL and VH-ZSX.The Wright Flyer with a Hilman Imp engine and a loverly Jabiru..
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The Yarrawonga Sonex flyin sponsered by the Victorian Light Aircraft Association Feb 2011.
Yarrawonga is just accross the Victorian border 235 Nm south of Bathurst.
A few Sonex's , the Welcoming committe at Yarrawonga. Wyangla Dam on the way home. About 10 Sonex's made the trip from 3 states plus a Moni motor glider and a Xenox (Motor glider)
The completed Sonex , The next project.
The man himself John Monnett the creator of the Sonex and founder of the Sonex company with his wife Betty. They visited
Australia from Oshkosh in Wisconsin and took time out of their busy schedule to have lunch with a group of Australian builders.Second photo is John and Lynne Jarvis who built the first Sonex in Australia featured at the bottom of this page. Far right is the finished article with my valuable helper.
The Plans and the in-workshop entertainment.
I built the power supply about 10 years ago and have not quite finished it. It is a 13.8v 10 amp continuous supply.
The transceiver is a Yaesu FT-817 UHF, VHF and HF plus a general coverage receiver.
To the right is a Microair air band transceiver which will be going in the Sonex , So might the Yaesu I have not decided yet.
OziExplorer running on a HP 5550 and a Garman GPS 10 Bluetooth Receiver.
The cover on my ever growing Service Manual with all my schematics wiring diagrams and explanations.
Steve's Sonerai the predecessor to the Sonex, The WardAir trainer and my most enthusiastic passenger.
Orange Aviation's Brand New J160 Jabiru with yours truely at the controls , Tail wheel endorsement completed.
An aerial view of Bathurst township
The view from the pilot's seat in the Jab and a view from the co pilot's seat in the Cessna on final at Bathurst, taken by my granddaughter.
The Sonex the Jabiru 6 cyl engine and the Sonex all glass dash.
The blue Sonex built by Lynn Jarvis has won best overall aircraft at Natfly for the past 3 years running.
