Kerry Fores
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.
Sport Performance Aviation Uncages the Cougar
Sport Performance Aviation (SPA) is showing their 2-place Cougar project, which will shortly undergo load testing.
Checklists: Live By Them
There isn’t a pilot alive who doesn’t know what a checklist is. There are, however, pilots no longer with us who failed to use one.
Sonex Rolls Out Highwing Protoype
Teased in 2022, Sonex rolled out their Highwing prototype at its annual pre-AirVenture Sonex Homecoming.
Welcome to My ‘Tech Guy’ World
At the crossroads of business and hobby, customer and
company, success and failure
Target Fixation Taught by Trees
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.
Whimsy
There’s no reason to participate in the hobby—for that matter, any hobby—unless it’s underpinned by fun.
In Case You Missed It
Archive: August 2008
The mighty Murphy Moose, sporting a Pratt & Whitney PT6A on the nose, threatened...
Zen Four a Day
Flying four of Zeniths designs at the factory in Mexico, Missouri, prompted a deeper appreciation for the company's utilitarian approach to design. By Marc Cook.