One of the things that I really think is important for the kids to see businesses - how things are made and assembled. We had a great tour of Sonex - and they make experimental airplanes - they actually make the kits and sell the kits. The customer buys the kits and assembles the plane themselves. It is a very affordable plane. This was really one of our better tours. The owner gave us the tour and you could just tell that flying and planes were his passion. It is obviously his love and he just really, really enjoyed sharing.
Below is the building where they have all their parts that are used to build the planes.
Below is the gas tank.
Below you can see two of their buildings. They are in hangers on the edge of one of the smaller airports in the state. The time when this airport gets really busy is one week in the summer during the EAA fly in. Planes (and people) come from all over the world to the EAA. It is an amazing sight to see!
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Wow! Amazing.
We really enjoyed this field trip and it was so neat because my husband's uncle owns a Sonex - so it was kind of near and dear to our hearts! We wouldn't have even known about this place had it not been for our uncle! Unless you are into planes --- you really won't know about this factory. And it was so cool to see. They had two proto-types of planes they hope to get approvals on --- by this summer. So we felt privileged to be one of the first to see them.
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