Sonex Program Proves Refuted Notion
The business of building an airplane is a complex, convoluted, nigh-impossible undertaking best left to aerospace engineers and multinational corporations, yes? The folks at Sonex, the Oshkosh-based manufacturer of kit aircraft such as the Waiex-B, Sonex-B, and Onex, disagree—emphatically. To prove their assertion, Sonex owner Mark Schaible and the Sonex team have devised a compelling exercise they call One Week Wonder. The appositely named endeavor is a seven-day undertaking during which volunteers assemble a genuine, operational, Sonex, Waiex-B aircraft from the selfsame kit the company provides its customers.