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Video Clip:
Flying the Zodiac in the Caribbean |
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Video Clip:
Canadian sport pilot flying
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Flying the Zodiac: Great view from the bubble
canopy |
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First flight of a Zodiac XL powered by a Continental O-200, built by
Floyd Wilkes, Spring Branch, Texas:
"First flight was from Kestrel Airpark. Airplane flew great."
Attended the Rudder class (factory workshop):
5-10-07
First flight 6-22-08 |
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Jay Bannister's Zodiac XL, powered by a Corvair auto conversion |
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Al Lindquist's beautifully built and
finished Zodiac XL (Kingman, Arizona).
Al reports:
8-18-2005 thru 8-19-05:
Attended rudder workshop build school.
8-29-2005 Started building kit.
4-12-2007 Issued airworthiness certificate.
4-28-2007 First flight. Flew great. No leaks or adjustments.
4-18-08 First condition inspection performed.
I Now have 80.1 hours and no problems.
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Rolfe Benson's Zodiac XL (Sterline,
New York):
"After two
years of part time work it's almost ready for flight. The kit was a
pleasure to build."
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Mike Brenner's Zodiac CH 601 HDS from Waterloo, IL:
"It is powered by a Jabiru 2200A engine
with a Sensenich wooden prop. The plane has a Trio single axis
autopilot and an Ultra Horizon XL MFD.
The plane has flown great since
day one."
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Checking out the
Zodiac XL
at the Zenith "Spring into Summer" Fly-In Gathering (June 21, 2008).
More
photos from of the event from the Zenair Newsletter |
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Enjoying lunch at the Zenith "Spring into Summer" Fly-In Gathering (June
21, 2008) at the Mexico Memorial Airport. |
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A Zodiac XL with a STOL CH 701 at
the Zenith Fly-In Gathering (June 21, 2008). |
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A Zodiac CH 601 shares the flight line with a bright yellow STOL CH 701 |
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Three Zodiac XL aircraft in a row... |
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Zodiac XL on the ramp |
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On the flight line at the Zenith Fly-In Gathering (June 21, 2008). |
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Inside the factory at the "Spring into Summer" Fly-In Gathering.
More
photos from of the event from the
Zenair Newsletter |
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Tron Guy with his
new flying machine |
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Zodiac, view from the rear |
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Larry's Zodiac XL, powered by a Jabiru 3300 engine (Jefferson City, MO) |
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Custom instrument panel: Clean and
simple, yet very complete (including autopilot) |
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Larry with his Zodiac before the first flight on June 15, 2008
(Jefferson City, MO) |
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S outh African Zodiac XL, built by Pieter Cillie |
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Brian Preston's
Zodiac XL, powered by a Jabiru 3300 engine:
"I did everything myself without assistance except for lifting the
wings on. It took me 5 1/2 months, as I was away from April until
November."
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Great view of the Zodiac's cabin |
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Brian Preston's Zodiac
XL: Custom instrument panel |
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Take-off roll on grass field |
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Steve Weston with his Zodiac XL: "Closing up
the canopy after nine months of building." |
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Steve Weston's Zodiac XL (Sun Valley Airpark), powered by the Jabiru
3300 engine. |
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Yamaha custom engine installation on
a Zodiac XL - this is the first installation Yamaha four stroke
snowmobile engine in the Zodiac.
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Custom
Zodiac XL instrument panel, with
dual control sticks |
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Zodiac CH 601 with a custom engine installation |
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Zodiac XL |
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Grass field operation with a Zodiac (with taildragger gear
configuration) |
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Flying over the Alps in the Zodiac XL.
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Zodiac XL in front of the STOL CH
701 |
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Taxiing the ZODIAC XL on
grass
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Zodiac at a overnight fly-in. |
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