FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sonex Aircraft, LLC Earns Small Business Success Award

October 19, 2006, Oshkosh, WI

Sonex Aircraft, LLC was presented with a Small Business Success Stories award for Unique Products at a banquet held on October 18, 2006 at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh campus. The 2006 awards, sponsored by Corporate Report Wisconsin magazine, the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh College of Business, and Associated Bank, were presented to small businesses in which creativity and innovation are keys to their success.

“Sonex Aircraft is extremely honored to receive this award,” remarks Sonex Aircraft, LLC General Manager and CEO, Jeremy Monnett. “This award was earned entirely through significant contributions from a very large group of people… not just the extremely talented and dedicated Sonex staff but the blood, sweat, and tears of manufacturing partners, suppliers and our incredible customers who supply their own hard work to build and fly their dream. Sonex Aircraft remains committed to manufacturing kit components in the United States and delivering the best performance per dollar kits available in the market today.”

Sonex Aircraft, LLC is featured in the October issue of Corporate Report Wisconsin magazine, along with their fellow award winners. The Small Business Success Stories award is added to a growing list of distinctions that provide testimony to Sonex Aircraft, LLC’s expanding popularity in the homebuilt aircraft kit marketplace. Sonex Aircraft founder John Monnett is a 2001 inductee into the EAA Homebuilders Hall of Fame, and was awarded the Oshkosh Key to the City award in 2005. Sonex Aircraft, LLC was also named the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year in 2005.

Sonex Aircraft, LLC is a rising star in the experimental kit aircraft industry, providing a series of Sport Pilot eligible kit aircraft along with the AeroConversions line of products which include the AeroVee engine, AeroCarb and ancillary aviation products. Sonex Aircraft’s Sonex and Waiex sport planes, and the Xenos sport motorglider offer outstanding performance in an easy to build, easy to fly kit package that can be purchased and completed with full technical support at an unrivaled price. Sonex and AeroConversions continue to invest heavily in developing new products. Our team is committed to providing simple, elegant and low-cost solutions for sport flying. Simply put, Sonex Aircraft and AeroConversions products provide the best performance per dollar. Check us out at www.SonexAircraft.com

PRESS CONTACT:

Mark Schaible
Sonex Aircraft, LLC
www.SonexAircraft.com
Phone: (920) 231-8297
Fax:      (920) 426-8333
E-mail: mark@sonexaircraft.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS STORIES AWARDS, GO TO: http://crwmag.com

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