The End of This Blog

Well...I have not been posting much lately.  As my previous post indicated, I have taken a break from flying to try to scrape together money to buy an airplane.  That has changed a bit in the last few months.  I'm now going to build an airplane from a kit.  I'll be building a Sonex from the kit provided by Sonex Aircraft.  It's a small low wing, two place airplane:

The Sonex is a very efficient airframe, cruising at 130mph on only 80hp.  The engine is a modified VW engine with dual ignition and lots of other tricks.  The plane is fully aerobatic, and is rated for +6g/-3g at a weight of 950lb (basically with a single person on board).  I don't plan to do aerobatics, but having an airframe that strong can keep you out of a lot of trouble.  The empty weight is around 650lb, and maximum gross is 1100-1200lb (since it's an amateur-built airplane, you can set the gross where you want).

I'm starting a new blog to detail the construction process.  Please check out: Sonex #1416 Builder Blog if you are interested in following my progress!