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Video Clips:
Video Clip: Grass field
take-off in the Zodiac XL
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Short video clip of a grass
field landing in the Zodiac XL - YouTube video clip
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Before (picking up
the kit):
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Heath
Blair's Zodiac XL, powered by the Jabiru 3300
(Maryville, TN).
Heath and his friend
Jerry each built a Zenith from a kit at the same time; one a Zodiac
XL and the other a STOL CH 701.
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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...and After:
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Bob
Archibald and his Zodiac XL trainer aircraft at the NWEAA Arlington
fly-in (July 15, 2007).
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Zodiac XL at the NWEAA Arlington (Washington) Fly-In, represented by Quality
Sport Planes (of California)
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Zodiac XL at the NWEAA Arlington (Washington)
Fly-In
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Zodiac XL
taildragger, powered by the 100-hp Rotax 912S, built in the United
Kingdom from the standard Zodiac XL kit.
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Bud Klopp
of Myerstown, Pennsylvania flies his Zodiac XL for the first time:
"Wow! Does
that airplane accelerate when you push in the throttle. Much
quicker than anything I have flown before... After nine hours and
half a dozen flights, she flies hands off. Every pilot needs
to experience a First Flight. What an emotional rush!"
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A Zodiac
CH 601 operating from a grass field in Taiwan.
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Siggy
Feuersanger in his taildragger Zodiac
XL (built from a kit) in
Sarasota, Florida, powered by a Lycoming O-235 engine.
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Jeff
Garrett and Ben Bradner's Zodiac XL powered by a Corvair engine
(Louisville, Kentucky):
"It flies
great! 70 hours and counting..."
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As reported in the Mexico
Ledger newspaper, on June 21, 2007, members of the Deaf
Pilots Association toured the Zenith Aircraft facility as part of
the organization's 14th annual fly-in. Members flew in from as far
away as Hawaii, France and England.
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Flying
from grass...
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Antonio
Gil with his Zodiac XL in Spain
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Silver
Sky Aviation of Phoenix,
Arizona has added a Zodiac XL S-LSA to
its flight line. The aircraft is being used there for basic
instruction, transition training, flight reviews and check rides.
Silver Sky also offers demo flights in the Zodiac
XL and is a representative for the factory-assembled S-LSA. For
more information or to schedule an appointment, call 480 422-9426.
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James
Mahaney and his Zodiac CH 601, powered by a Lycoming O-235 engine
(Eugene, Oregon). This is an earlier model Zodiac with the side-hinged
canopy.
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Zodiac XL,
built with professional assistance from Gus Warren of FlyWithGus.com
in Edgewater, Florida.
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Plans-built Zodiac XL in Brazil with a
custom fixed windshield, and with a custom
engine installation. |
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Dancing
with the clouds...
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Lance Gingell sight-seeing
with his Zodiac XL in California
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Corvair engine powered Zodiac XL kit plane, nearing completion.
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