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Video Clip:
Zodiac Squadron - Formation flying
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Cross Country Flight in the Zodiac:
Flying Zenith's demo ZODIAC XL cross country (December 12, 2008):
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NEW Video Clip:
Maiden flight of Dennis Stephenson's ZODIAC XL (November 8,
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New Video Clip:
Photo collage: Building the Zodiac from start to finish...
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New Video Clip:
Flying the Zodiac
around the Caribbean Islands |
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A nice view of the Zodiac CH 650 in flight.
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Landing a taildragger Zodiac on a grass field overlooking a village
(in France)
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Landing a taildragger Zodiac on a grass field.
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Grass field operations... |
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Saturday, September 20, 2008: Zenith Aircraft's 17th annual
OPEN HANGAR DAY and Fly-In Gathering was a great success, with a lot of
sun, planes, food, and great company. Thanks to all who
participated and made this event a fun event!
At right, builders and their planes pose in front of the Zenith
factory for the traditional group photo.
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An outdoor dinner buffet was enjoyed by more than 120 builders and Zenith employees on
Friday evening prior to the Open Hangar Day.
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Thanks to great weather, several dozen Zeniths flew in to the Open
Hangar day |
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Workshops and seminars kept builders busy all day. At right, a
Dynon Avionics demonstration.
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year's Open Hangar Day event
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David Gallagher's Zenith CH 601 XL:
"I started in September 2006 with the
rudder workshop in Mexico, Mo. The rest of the empennage and wings were
completed by the end of 2006. The fuselage followed in 2007 and consumed
most of the year. My Jabiru showed up in November and I worked both the
firewall-forward installation and electrical systems. The components
went to the airport in June 2008 and I received my airworthiness
certification on July 16. The first flight occurred on July 24, 2008.
Overall the flight was a great success. I made two landings during my
flight and they were both very smooth. I left the next day for Oshkosh.
The overall build time for this standard kit build was 780 man hours
from rudder workshop to first flight.
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European Zodiac XL (with the same paint scheme as the Zodiac pictured
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Fred Sanford's airplane projects in Santa Barbara, California.
"We finished the
STOL CH 701 in 2005, and enjoyed
the building so much that we built a Zodiac 601XL."
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Fred Sanford's Zodiac XL (Santa Barbara, California).
"It took a year and a half. Jabiru
3300 / Dynon 180 / Garmin 396. Nice airplane!"
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Zodiac XL |
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On October 15, 2008, Barrington Irving took off in
Inspiration II, a Zodiac plane built entirely by Miami high school students
in the
Experience Aviation Build & Soar Summer Program.
Barrington Irving is the youngest person and first pilot of
African descent on record to fly solo around the world. The
Zodiac plane was named Inspiration II, in honor of the plane he
flew around the world.
- Click here for more
interesting building and flying stories from around the world...
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Zodiac |
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Zodiac in Germany |
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Zodiac XL |
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Zodiac XL on an ultralight field. |
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Zodiac powered by a Rotax 912 ULS engine |
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Flying the Zodiac cross country |
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The Zodiac sharing a field with cows |
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South African Zodiac XL, built by Pieter Cillie
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Zodiac CH 601 with a custom engine installation |
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Zodiac CH 601 with a custom engine installation |
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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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Canadian Zodiac |
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Zodiac CH 601, named the "Red Gull" |
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Plans-built Zodiac CH 601 with a custom
engine installation. |
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Who says low wing aircraft are not adequate for shade cover?... |
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Zodiac XL powered by a
custom Corvair engine installation
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Zodiac at a fly-in in Eastern Europe |
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Flying the ZODIAC XL on a
grass runway
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European Zodiac XL |
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Taildragger Zodiac
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Zodiac with new Jabiru engine cowl. |
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ZODIAC XL
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Zodiac CH 601 HDS on a grass field |
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Two taildragger Zodiac CH 601s at a fly-in |
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Zodiac on the beaches of New Zealand
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Flying
the Continental O-200 powered Zodiac CH
650
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The Zodiac, as viewed from the rudder tail
section |
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Zodiac trainer in New Zealand |
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Formation flying - three
Zodiacs on an outing.
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Swedish Zodiac with a bite! |
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High-visibility paint scheme |
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Two Zodiac CH 601 aircraft |
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Jabiru-powered Zodiac |
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Canadian Zodiac |
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One of several Zodiac aircraft flown in to Oshkosh AirVenture 2008 by their
owners. |
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The EAA AirVenture fly-in is home to the Zenair Builders Dinner held
every year. |
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The Zenith display at
AirVenture: The new Zodiac CH 650, along with the
STOL CH 701 (left),
STOL CH 801 (middle back), and
the new
STOL CH 750 (yellow).
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