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May 10, 2016

Airborne 05.10.16: Waiex B-Model, Airbus Perlan Mission II, V-280 Valor

Also: Atlas Air, Aero-Calendar, Unmanned Cloud-Seeding, La Silla Observatory, Falcon 2000LXS, KC-10, Flightstar Learjet

Earlier this year Sonex announced their latest aircraft development project, which is the Sonex and Waiex B-Models. Then at Sun ‘n Fun, they picked up the excitement by letting people know what these new aircraft looked like. They said the B-Models provide more of what their customers have been looking for, and now their first Waiex B-model airplane has taken flight. Sonex announced that T-Flight Chief Flight Instructor, Joe Norris, had the honor of conducting the first flight last Friday in the AeroVee Turbo powered Waiex-B. Airbus Group CEO, Tom Enders, joined the all-volunteer Airbus Perlan Mission-Two team last Saturday in the role of co-pilot on the

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