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AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world found a first flight for a customer-built Sonex jet, a new home for the Seaplane Pilots Association, upcoming inductees to EAA’s Halls of Fame, and a partnership between two Canadian aviation organizations.

AVweb's search of aviation news around the world found a first flight for a customer-built Sonex jet, a new home for the Seaplane Pilots Association, upcoming inductees to EAA's Halls of Fame, and a partnership between two Canadian aviation organizations. Sonex Aircraft extends its congratulations to Redge Greenberg of Durango, Colorado, who made the first flight of SubSonex serial number JSX0003 on Oct. 15th: the first customer-built SubSonex Personal Jet to fly. He received the first SubSonex kit delivery in February 2015, an Ultra-Quick-Build kit with optional Triton Trailer. The Seaplane Pilots Association Foundation has been awarded a 30-year lease on lakefront land at Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport in Winter Haven, Florida, to build a public seaplane base and a new headquarters building -- the first such facility in the association's 44-year history. The Winter Haven City Council approved the lease at its monthly meeting Oct. 12.

The Experimental Aircraft Association will recognize the contributions made to the world of flight by five aviators as they are inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame on Nov. 5 during an induction banquet at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: Leonard Milholland of Brookshire, Texas; Sean D. Tucker of Salinas, California; Dale "Gus" Gustafson (posthumous); Nelson Ezell of Breckenridge, Texas; and Tom Hamilton of Priest River, Idaho. The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) and the British Columbia Aviation Council (BCAC) are pleased to announce they signed a formal Affiliated Associations Agreement. These two aviation organizations have many common interests in the furtherance of Canadian Aviation and a desire to work cooperatively in achieving common goals, and they are granting each other the status of Affiliated Associations.