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Extreme STOL: New float
flying video clips from Alaska: Bob Jones of Alaska sent some
awesome float flying video clips to demonstrate the great short take-off
and landing capability of his STOL CH 701 on Zenair floats.
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Click
here
to view a video clip of parts manufacturing at the Zenith
Aircraft Co. factory with the CNC
router
(3 min. / 5.75 mb).
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Before (picking up
the kit):
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Heath and
Jerry each built a Zenith from a kit at the same time; one a STOL CH
701 and the other a low-wing Zodiac
XL.
Since completing the first two aircraft, they've ordered a four-seat
STOL CH 801 kit project:
"We would like
to say thanks for your sales and building support for the 601XL
and 701. These aircraft have been great projects to work on.
I have the 601XL flying so it is hard to stop and finish the
wheel pants but I am sending you photos anyway. The STOL CH 701 is
done also and Jerry enjoyed it so much that he is now waiting on
his STOL CH 801 project he ordered from you.
Heath Blair has a
great website, where he chronicles the construction of both the
Zodiac XL and the STOL CH 701 with hundreds of kit construction and
assembly photos.
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Steep approach over the trees to land the STOL CH 701 in a back yard
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Short take-off and steep
climb thanks to the high-lift wing design.
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Great
visibility!
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A good view of the STOL CH
701's high lift wing and the domed
bubble doors and formed acrylic windshield.
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Two STOL CH 701 aircraft in
Australia
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Bob Kissell's first flight
in his STOL CH 701 (Beavercreek, Ohio)
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A factory demonstrator STOL
CH 701 at AirVenture 2007 (Oshkosh, WI)
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AirVenture, July 2007
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The Zenith planes at
AirVenture 2007
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STOL
CH 701 amphibian
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STOL CH
701
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A complete, yet simple, custom
instrument panel in the STOL CH
701.
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Custom Rotec
radial engine installation on M. Sigmon's STOL CH 701 in Colorado.
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Side view of M. Sigmon's CH701
in Colorado, powered by a custom Rotec
radial engine installation.
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"The total span of time
between picking up the complete kit at the factory to completion was 1
year - kit picked-up on 30 June 2006 and Certificate issued 29 June
2007."
- Sammy Hutcheson (co-owner), Overland Park,
Kansas.
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John Croke with his Rotax
912 powered STOL CH 701
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Basic panel
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STOL CH 701
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A high visibility STOL
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"The
Zenith literature package is easily the most complete package I
have received from any light aviation company, and I’ve seen
many other good ones among the hundreds I have studied. Lots and
lots of information is presented with some lovely graphics. The
literature alone is impressive, but the volume of information will
keep you reading for hours. You can get a good idea of what you're
buying without ever leaving your chair."
