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KITPLANES’ Video: SubSonex Jet Flight

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Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 03:18 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The SubSonex mini-jet is highlighted as the closest concept to an "accessible jet aircraft."
KITPLANES editor Paul Dye built the featured SubSonex jet and provides a flight demonstration.
The aircraft is described as a good performer, though it has "short legs" (limited range).
Paul Dye details the specifics of the SubSonex in the video.

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The word “accessible” and “jet aircraft” don’t belong in the same sentence, but the SubSonex mini-jet probably comes closest to the idea. In this video, KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye take us on a flight in the SubSonex jet he built. The airplane is a good performer albeit one with short legs. Paul covers the details in this fascinating video.

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Paul Dye, KITPLANES® Editor at Large, retired as a Lead Flight Director for NASA’s Human Space Flight program, with 40 years of aerospace experience on everything from Cubs to the Space Shuttle. An avid homebuilder, he began flying and working on airplanes as a teen, and has experience with a wide range of construction techniques and materials. He flies an RV-8 that he built, an RV-3 that he built with his pilot wife, as well as a Dream Tundra they completed. Currently, they are building a Xenos motorglider. A commercially licensed pilot, he has logged over 5000 hours in many different types of aircraft and is an A&P, EAA Tech Counselor and Flight Advisor, as well as a former member of the Homebuilder’s Council. He consults and collaborates in aerospace operations and flight-testing projects across the country.