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Nice video clip of Zodiac XL
flying in northern California.
More video clips from
around the world on building and flying the Zodiac:
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André van den Elsen's first
flight in his kit-built Zodiac XL aircraft.
- Click
here to visit André's excellent website with many kit construction
photos.
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Grass field operation...
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Trailering the aircraft
fuselage to the airport prior to the first flight.
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Zodiac builder Jeff
Davidson organized a Zenith builder gathering on September 22 and
23, 2007, at Winchester, Virginia, with five Zeniths flown in.
Jeff wrote:
"The Mid-Atlantic
Zenith Gathering was a great success. Many Zenith aircraft flew
in. Honors for the greatest distance flown to attend went to a
701 builder flying in from Bennington, Vermont! We enjoyed some
local apples, good talk, shade of the large tent, the EAA Chapter 186
flyin activities, and especially those Zenith planes that flew in.
Every model of the 601 was represented including a new SLSA XLi.
Questions about the 701 were voluminous indicated a tremendous
interest in STOL aircraft. Thanks to all who participated!"
John Hartlin flew his
Zodiac CH 601 in from Cedar Bluff, Virginia (left)
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Jordan Wintringham flew in
from Virginia Beach
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Coloring Book:
Print this photo and to paint this Zodiac XL taildragger
any way you want. |
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"The bags are packed and I'm ready to go!" |
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Howard Anderson flew in his AMD
Zodiac Xli
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Doug Dugger's Zodiac XL
flying by Mount Shasta (northern California)
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Operating the Zodiac from a
grass field...
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Flying a Zodiac CH 601
taildragger "ultralight" in Japan.
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A factory-assembled Zenair Zodiac XL-ULM
delivered in Europe.
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Another European Zodiac XL
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Ready for the first
flight: William Wynne of FlyCorvair tops up the
Corvair-powered Zodiac XL, built by Kitplanes magazine's Rick Lindstrom
and piloted here by Gus Warren.
(From "A Sign of the
Zodiac, Part 5" by Rick Lindstrom, Kitplanes
magazine, October 2007, pages 25 - 31).
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European Zodiac XL aircraft
at the Blois
international ULM (ultralight) and Light Sport Aircraft fly-in
convention in Blois, France (September 1 and 2, 2007), represented
in France by "Zenair
France"
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Chris
Heintz, designer of the Zodiac series aircraft (and officially in
retirement), made a surprise visit at Blois on September 1, 2007.
Here he examines the Rotax 912S engine installation in a European Zodiac
XL
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Two European Zodiac XL
aircraft on display at the Blois international ULM (ultralight) and
Light Sport Aircraft fly-in convention in France
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Four Zodiac
XL and two STOL CH 701 on display
at the "Wings
over Wine Country" airshow (Sonoma, California).
Builder/owners: Steve Smith (XL), Doug Dugger (XL) Christopher Desmond
(701), Rick Lindstrom (XL), Quality
Sport Planes (701) and Bob Archibald (XL).
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The friendly staff at Dragonfly
Aviation displayed their Zodiac XL trainer at the "Wings over
Wine Country" airshow, the only LSA
Sport Pilot trainer in the region.
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Austin (age 15)
taking Sport Pilot flying lessons
in the Zodiac XL at Dragonfly
Aviation (in California).
- Click
here for a listing of flying schools using the Zodiac XL
aircraft for flight training.
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Steve Weston of Arizona
seated in his Zodiac XL Quick Build Kit:
"I'm moving at a
much faster pace than expected. Thanks to a very complete and well
thought out kit. Compliments to all at Zenith. I've looked a many kits
and the 601XL Quick Build Kit is the best."
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A gathering of Zodiacs in
Europe.
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ZODIAC XL on custom amphibious
floats.
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Zodiac XL
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Zodiac CH 601
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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
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