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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.

Sport Performance Aviation Uncages the Cougar

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Sport Performance Aviation (SPA) is showing their 2-place Cougar project, which will shortly undergo load testing.

Checklists: Live By Them

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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.

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.

In Case You Missed It

Home Shop Machinist

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Mike and Cal.

Light Stuff

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Not all airports welcome “out of the ordinary” aircraft such as gyros, ultralights or powered parachutes. If you’ve been shut out, here are some tips to get you back in. By Roy Beisswenger.

Eclectic Obsession

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David Shirey’s Rotec-powered Celebrity is an affordable barnstormer.

Plane and Simple

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Making paint stick to aluminum.