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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.

Pilot Not In Command

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An audible sigh and an acceptable landing punctuated the end of a stuttering cross-country. It punctuated it on a Wednesday, however, not the previous...

The Art of Putzing About

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Ahhh, putzing about. Is there anything more satisfying? Of course there is. Thousands of things, I’m sure. But like an ointment on an itch,...

Tail First

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“Where did you get this?” my mom demanded, shaking a thick brown envelope at me. One that had been hidden under my mattress. I...

No One Is Watching

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For better or worse, kit manufacturers are under no FAA oversight. There are no independent engineering reviews. No mandatory wing loading or landing-gear drop...

A Cautionary Tail

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One Monday morning I opened an email from the second owner of a Onex. It was sent at 8:12 p.m. on Saturday. An attached...

Executing the Execution

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Airplanes are born of time and tedium. Mostly tedium. A harsh statement, yet a true one. There’s just no way around deburring the thousands...

Hand Tools: Modified, Made and Improvised

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Merriam-Webster defines a tool as “A self-absorbed male prone to wearing a necklace”…wrong one…here it is: “A handheld device that aids in accomplishing a...

Fit and Trim

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A first flight reveals truths that only air moving over an aircraft’s surfaces can reveal. Will the engine cool properly? Will the cockpit fill...

Keeping a Battery Current

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“With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being...

One Week Wonder—That’s a Wrap!

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With one second remaining on the clock, the Sonex One Week Wonder was still one hour from having a functioning nervous system. Deadlines. Who...

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I’m a HOG

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Porkers of the world, relax. I’m not about to turn you all into bacon...

Roll Your Own Pitot Tube Cover

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An easy solution when commercially available covers wont fit. By Axel Alvarez.

Editor’s Log

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Inspect, detect, correct.

Raising the Misery Bar

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The Dawn Patrol