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Kerry Fores

Kerry Fores
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Kerry Fores was born and raised in Oshkosh, WI and was interested in homebuilding by age 12. Between 1998 and 2003 he scratchbuilt and polished a Sonex, which he named Metal Illness. Kerry logged nearly 500 hours in Metal Illness and was awarded Plans Built Champion at AirVenture 2006. Kerry is retired from a 21-year career at Sonex Aircraft, most of it dedicated to supporting builders.

ScaleBirds P-36: Scale Size, Full Size Fun

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The shape gets your attention. The details hold it.

Sonex Rolls Out Highwing Protoype

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Teased in 2022, Sonex rolled out their Highwing prototype at its annual pre-AirVenture Sonex Homecoming.

Where The “X”s Meet

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For years the Sonex aircraft community has asked for a Rotax engine option.

Welcome to My ‘Tech Guy’ World

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At the crossroads of business and hobby, customer and company, success and failure

Target Fixation Taught by Trees

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I was chopping firewood under a dead ash tree, whiffing deep, ax-head-shaped divots into my lawn, when I remembered the time, once upon a takeoff, that a living oak tree nearly got the best of me.

Drilling Holes for Fasteners

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Plunge into drilling accurate holes for fasteners in mating parts.

Savoring Silver

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A building partnership builds on its success.

Whimsy

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There’s no reason to participate in the hobby—for that matter, any hobby—unless it’s underpinned by fun.

Reigniting the Spark

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Engines, you see, need frequent activity. When they sit, they corrode.

Little Buddy, You Can Fly

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As a design matures, more and more “upgrades” and “improvements” are thrust upon successive builders by those who have gone before. What they are thrusting, really, are opinions.

In Case You Missed It

Home Shop Heat Treating

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Picking up from last month, the spline broaching tools have been machined. We need...

Light Stuff

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Dave Martin finds a Light Sport seaplane at the 2009 Sebring LSA Expo that made a real splash.

Same Fun, Less Fuel

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Glasair Aviation leads the way with new Diesel Sportsman 2+2.

Design Process: Slipstream Effects

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In preliminary design and for performance calculations, we treat the engine, propeller and airframe...