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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh – July 27, 2006 – Tired of building birdhouses in shop class? Want something a little more exciting and challenging?
Then you better tell your tech teacher about Sonex Aircraft’s new educational initiative.
Launched during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006, the initiative offers a 10 percent discount on Sonex, Waiex or Xenos complete airframe kits and AeroConversions AeroVee engines.
The reasoning behind the initiative is simple, according to Mark Schaible, Sonex education initiative project leader. “We want more schools and community organizations to build airplanes.”
Sonex’s founders, John and Betty Monnett, were both teachers, Schaible said, and their backgrounds in education were the catalyst for the company’s initiative.
In addition to the discount, Sonex has created a Web site that offers free discussion groups for teachers and students, a database of curriculum resources, and advice on how to start, teach and administer airplane construction. In addition, schools or organizations will be able to access a free build log, allowing others to track the project online.
Rob Riggen, of Expercraft, said the simple log system allows participants to organize information and easily track time and money spent on building a plane, as well as being a useful collaboration tool.
Peter Denny, a Washburn, Minnesota high school teacher, will serve as Sonex Education Initiative chairman. As chairman, Denny will advise educators, compile a downloadable curriculum database and more. Key to building an airplane in a school is involving the local EAA chapter, he said.
Denny currently uses a Sonex construction project in his class.
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The Sonex kit, ready for assembly.
A completed Sonex in flight.
The cockpit of a Sonex.
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Sonex Aircraft
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
John and Betty Monnett
Expercraft
Sonex Education Initiative
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