Originally published at: Sonex Highwing Takes To The Skies - AVweb
Sonex completed the first flight of its long-anticipated Highwing aircraft.
What a vapid regurgitation of a PR blurb! Absolutely nothing added, no insights, apparently no research whatsoever such as a phone call to SONEX for specifics on the door latch issue: tongue return spring? doorframe flex? Which of the four or more engine options was used? Targeted customer base (From Door dimensions and no struts, that seems to be overweight boomers with bad knees = a big share of the sport pilot population)? even notice that gross weight kicks it out of the current LSA category and implies high confidence that (despite the selfish delaying tactics of industry lobbyists like Dan Johnson and Roy B., trying to add commercial ops, lower CFI standards, And other niche regs sought by their clientele but of little or no use to 96% of the potential LSA audience) MOSAIC will be approved for higher weights and speeds this year.
