N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

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N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby Oshpilot » Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:33 pm

Ten years ago today, on March 10, 2006 my home built Sonex slipped the surly bonds on it's maiden voyage! How time flies!
Seems like March has had a few notable events in my aviation timeline...March 20, 1987 was my first flight lesson.
Also this month I should surpass 300 hours on the Sonex and also 1000 total hours in my logbook!

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Re: N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby Sonex1517 » Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:44 pm

Congratulations Wayne!!!
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Re: N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby MichaelFarley56 » Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:26 pm

Congratulations Wayne! You've got a beautiful airplane!
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N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby Sonex1462 » Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:42 pm

Congrats! A lot of great memories I bet.


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Re: N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby nwawingman » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:31 pm

That's fantastic! Congratulations Wayne.
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Re: N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby airscribe » Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:12 pm

Congrats, Wayne! Looking forward to trying to catch up with you -- and good to meet you a couple of weekends ago at the 62nd Sonex workshop...safe flying!
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Re: N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby ScottM-Sonex1629 » Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:44 pm

Congrats Wayne! I was thinking of you yesterday when I did T-Flight training, and Joe pointed out where 7th Heaven was located off the end of runway 36.
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Re: N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:00 pm

Wayne,
Nice to hear about the "happily ever afters" especially while slogging through the project. See you at Oshkosh!
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Re: N444SX (Purple Haze) celebrates 10 years of flight!

Postby N111YX » Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:31 pm

Every time I see purple, I think of 444, or "the Haze", or something similar... :lol:

Congratulations on the milestone!
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