ONE WEEK WONDER ON DISPLAY AT HOMEBUILDERS HANGAR

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BY ROBBIE CULVER AIRVENTURE TODAY STAFF

THE EAA AIRVENTURE Oshkosh 2022 “One Week Wonder” has returned to the roost and is on display all week in the Homebuilders Hangar.

Charlie Becker, EAA director of chapters and homebuilding, said, “Last year, we built a Sonex Waiex as part of the One Week Wonder. This year, the aircraft is back on display in the homebuilders Hangar. The more than 2,000 people who … helped pull a rivet on the aircraft, their names are now on the wings. If they want to, they can come by and find their names.”

The Waiex has been painted using the paint scheme created by Craig

Barnett, CEO of Scheme Designers Inc., from the 2022 Pick the Paint contest sponsored by Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings. For those who participated, this is a fantastic opportunity to see the completed aircraft.

Painted by Meyers Aviation in Oshkosh, the One Week Wonder project was sponsored by Rotax, Sonex Aircraft, MGL Avionics, Sherwin-Williams, and Aircraft Spruce & Specialty.

Charlie added, “Come by and check it out!” The Homebuilders Hangar is open daily until 5 p.m., and is located just northeast of the forums, near Eide Street and Waukau Avenue.

The 2022 One Week Wonder was presented by Sonex Aircraft and Rotax and supported by AeroLEDs, Aircraft

Specialty Flightlines, Aircraft Spruce & Specialty, Crow Safety Gear, David Clark, EarthX Batteries, Flightline Interiors, FlyONSPEED, MGL Avionics, Midwest Panel Builders, Sandia Aerospace,

Scheme Designers, Sensenich Propeller, Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings, Toucan Exhaust, True Blue Power, uAvionix, and WB Parts Express.

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