Pilot Redge Greenberg successfully built and flew the first customer-assembled SubSonex jet (JSX0003) in his garage, an achievement few people worldwide have accomplished.
An experienced pilot, Greenberg utilized an "ultra-quick-build" kit, priced at $135,000 including the engine, to fulfill his desire to fly a jet, valuing its aerobatic design and included ballistic parachute for safety.
Greenberg's SubSonex is the third of its kind flying globally, with the ultra-quick-build kit simplifying construction for customers by requiring less work than traditional homebuilt aircraft, and six more kits currently under construction.
Redge Greenberg, a pilot from Durango, Colorado, is one of the few people in the world ever to have built his own jet in his garage after completing the first customer-assembled SubSonex, serial number JSX0003.
“I flew the SubSonex this morning, for about 35 minutes…all went well,” Redge wrote to inform kit manufacturer Sonex Aircraft in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on October 15.
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