A Great EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 is in the Books!

The 20th Annual Sonex Open House and Homecoming Fly-In was held on Sunday, the day before the start of AirVenture, with great crowds throughout the day as the public got to see and sit in the new Sonex Highwing prototype for the first time. We were proud to have the Oshkosh Area School District Brewing Futures Mobile Cafe providing great food and bevereges at our Open House again this year with all proceeds going to a great cause. The Sunday event ended with a group picture of Sonex staff and event attendees and the mass taxi of customer and factory aircraft to the AirVenture flightline.

In the Sonex and AeroConversions exhibit booth in the AirVenture Homebuilt Display Area, the excitement for the Sonex Highwing was incredible, as hundreds of folks tried the roomy and comfortable cockpit on for-size. The new prototype definitely was a contender for EAA’s “Dead Grasss Award” this year. Stay tuned for a fresh Highwing update in the next couple of days. Interest in other Sonex and AeroConversions products was also strong and many took advantage of our AirVenture 2024 Sale by placing orders at the Sonex exhibit booth. Sale Ends on August 9th, so there’s still time to save!

The Sonex Open House and Homecoming Fly-In was well attended again this year!

Customer and Factory aircraft line-up for the mass taxi from the Sonex Open House to AirVenture grounds.

Sonex Factory Tours were once again held Tuesday through Saturday mornings, with many people in attendance each day. The Sonex Highwing and Onex factory prototypes were rolled-down to the Homebuilts in Review stage for a presentation on Wednesday afternoon, and on Wednesday evening the Sonex Builders and Pilots Foundation hosted another great BBQ event at 7th Heaven. On Thursday night, Sonex Owner and President Mark Schaible had the honor of speaking at the EAA Homebuilders Dinner about his beginnings as a young EAA member at Chapter 44 in Rochester, NY beginning at the age of 14.

Sonex builder Casey Cooper flew his Rotax 912ULS powered Sonex to Airventure from his home in Tucson Arizona for the fourth year in a row and showed-off his Rotax Cooling Kit, which is now available to other Sonex builders.

Casey Cooper with his Sonex at the Open House. Read more about his Rotax Cooling Kit in KITPLANES Magazine. Photo courtesey Kerry Fores.

KITPLANES editor Paul Dye tries-on the roomy Sonex Highwing first-thing Monday morning. Check-out all the KITPLANES Magazine coverage of the Highwing!

A rare picture of the Highwing in the Sonex booth without a large crowd around it!

Sonex staff and booth visitors alike needed a subtle reminder to “Duck!” when getting in and out of the new Sonex Highwing.

The Sonex Highwing was a real contender for EAA’s “Dead Grass Award” at AirVenture Oshkosh 2024!