First flight of the Sonex Highwing on June 30, 2025 [Credit: Sonex Aviation]
Key Takeaways:
Sonex Aircraft, which had closed in March due, has been acquired by ON Capital Inc. and relaunched as Sonex Aviation, officially back in business as of May 1st.
The revitalized company is actively shipping parts and kits, has scaled up staff and production, and improved its supply chain by bringing a key supplier in-house.
Sonex Aviation is nearing completion of its new Highwing aircraft development, with testing underway and flight tests resumed, and expects to start shipping Highwing kits in late July.
Customer reaction to the company's restart has been largely positive, and Sonex Aviation plans to attend EAA AirVenture in July.
Sonex Aviation will be at EAA AirVenture in July in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The company, formerly known as Sonex Aircraft, shut down in March. Then on May 1, it was announced that all assets of Sonex Aircraft, including the Sonex Aerospace and AeroConversions lines, had been acquired by ON Capital Inc., led by Stephen Osborne.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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