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Thanks mate. Unfortunately, I have the classic version, not the touch. There are a lot of resources out there for the Touch, but not the classic G3X. All the switch-ology is different. Appreciate the link though.

G'day folks. I recently bought an aeroplane, which has a Garmin G3X EFIS. I have downloaded the manual, but have found it quite unintuitive when it comes to programming and executing flight plans. Does anyone out there have a dummy's guide or a step-by-step procedure in plain English that I can look at??? Many thanks, Jim

Nice one Don. I built a Sonex a few years ago and put an Aerovee 2.2 up front - bought as a kit from Sonex as well. It didn't serve me well at all - a lot of folks like them, but I'm don't. I should have gone with a pre-built model like the Great Planes R2300. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Hope yours turn out great.

You have one of the safest aeroplanes registered with RAAus - your Ballistic Parachute Recovery System is the envy of all when flying over tiger country. Just buy one of those inexpensive perspex escape tools with the pointed metal head and a decent hand cutter and that's all you need. This is a pretty low probability scenario Andrew - just enjoy the heck out of that outstanding aeroplane of yours. I loved flying it and will catch up with you soon to give you a ride in the Glasair. Cheers, Jim.

I am building a Sonex. Started in Dec 06 and have 1000 hours into the build. Getting close to finishing. Lots of photos of the construction on my website - jims-sonex.com (no 'www'). Cheers, Jim

G'day. There is no Australian distributor for Sonex, so everything comes from the States. I bought my kit in 2006 and it came to around AUD$22000 for the kit landed at Sydney harbour (incl freight, GST and harbour charges). The AeroVee was around AUD$12000 delivered to my door. I am now pretty close to finishing. Nice plane and good bang for the buck. Cheers