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Onex Single Place
Folding Wing Sport Aircraft Receives FAA NKET Approval By Mike Mitchell |
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February 19, 2012 - Sonex Aircraft is excited to announce that the FAA National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) has approved and published amateur building checklists for the new Onex Single-Place, Folding-Wing Sport Pilot Aircraft.
Availability of these approved checklists allows current
and future Onex builders to show compliance with the
“major portion” requirement of 14 CFR section 21.191(g)
for experimental/amateur-built aircraft, commonly
referred to as the “51 Percent Rule.”
This not only effects builders in the United States, but it also allows builders in many other countries, whose aviation authorities base their homebuilt aircraft regulations upon NKET approval, to build the Onex design. NKET checklist participation also opens the opportunity for Onex builders to legally obtain commercial assistance for their projects. |
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Sonex
Aircraft is also announcing this week the availability of Onex
upholstery packages, as well as Onex-specific installation
provisions for the AeroConversions AeroVee Engine. These new
additions to the line of Onex kits, accessories, and support
serve to finalize the Onex aircraft design as a fully developed
kit aircraft package, as the earliest Onex kit customers are
nearing completion of their aircraft.
“We
wrapped-up the year 2011 as an incredibly successful and
action-packed year for the Onex design!” writes Sonex Aircraft
CEO and Onex lead designer Jeremy Monnett. “We saw first flight
of the #1 standard gear prototype on January 27, 2011, completed
a flight test program on the aircraft, created a feature-packed
Onex Complete Airframe Kit and Sub-Kits, completed the full set
of Onex plans, achieved first flight and testing of the #2
tricycle gear Onex prototype, and sold & shipped over 50 Onex
kits by year-end with Onex orders staying strong in 2012!
“We are
pleased to hear of the rapid progress being made by Onex
builders, and some of the first customers whose kits shipped in
July and August are getting very close to completing and flying
their aircraft.” The Onex (pronounced “One-X”) is a single-seat aircraft designed to offer an even-more economical way to build and fly a sport pilot aircraft. The folding-wing design can fit into a garage, or share a T hangar with other aircraft, be trailered on local roads, and the wing panels are easily removed for trailering at highway speeds. |