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Great glider towing photos from Europe:
Take-off roll on a grass field: The Zodiac XL towing a Blanik two-seat
glider with two on board. |
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Climbing with the glider in tow... Climb is 2.2m/s ( 450 feet/min), at
110km/hour. |
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View of the tow rope from the glider. |
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Awesome photo showing the tow rope being released, as viewed from the
glider.
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Aero-TV talks to Mike
Sigman, a builder, pilot and owner of a Zodiac 601XL about his
personal choice for an LSA... how it went together during the
building process, and now that he was finished -- how he liked it
all.
Click here to view the interview.
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Steve Smith, from Santa Rosa, California, has logged more than
230 flight hours over last eight months in his Zodiac XL.
"Today I flew my Zodiac XL round-trip to Lakeview Oregon which is just
across the border from the north-east corner of California. The
flight was 721 miles and the trip was a total of 9 hours. I landed at 15
airports along the way. Many were remote and clearly see very little
use. I just enjoy the challenge of approaching and landing at an
airport that is new to me. I liked all of today's airports but my
favorite was in Quincy. The town is deep in a valley and the
airport's approach is just a little bit challenging...
"I flew over lots of snow-covered peaks, some almost 7,000 feet.
It was a warm day. Spring has sprung; I have the bugs on the canopy to
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"This screen shot
below is from the latest version of my airplane tracking software.
The green line is my intended route and the blue one is my actual route.
This kind of data is available in real time on my web site because the
plane transmits its location very 10 seconds to my web server on the
ground. You can follow the flyable flight path on Google Earth..."
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Zodiac XL SLSA custom
instrument panel suitable for IFR
flight at the Sun'n Fun fly-in (Lakeland, Florida) |
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A Zodiac XL at the Zenith booth at Sun'n Fun (April 2008) |
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Continental O-200 engine installation in the
Zodiac XL |
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The
AMD Zodiac XL (yellow) and
Patriot aircraft in the LSA Mall at Sun'n Fun. |
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Smile! |
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Zodiac CH 601 taxiing at Sun'n Fun 2008 (April 2008) |
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Terry Smith's Zodiac CH 601 HDS first flew
on 2nd of February 2008. Terry spent five years
scratch-building
the aircraft. |
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Terry Smith's custom instrument panel |
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Zodiac XL in the Caribbean |
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View from inside the Zodiac of the rear after take-off.
The bubble canopy offers spectacular visibility. |
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Flying the Zodiac (equipped with a smoke system) |
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Flying the Zodiac.
Click here to view a video of this aircraft |
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Grass field operation with a Zodiac CH 601 taildragger. |
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Completing the Zodiac XL Rotax 912S engine installation |
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Flying cross-country in
loose formation...
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Australian Zodiac CH 601 taildragger |
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Three Zodiacs taxiing out
for take-off...
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From
the
March 2008 issue of
Plane & Pilot
magazine.
Zenith Zodiac XL Pilot Report : "The Zenith
of LSAs: Zenith Aircraft of Mexico, Missouri build durable,
all-metal, light-sport aircraft with an emphasis on fun," by Bill
Cox, photos by James Lawrence, pages 66 - 68.
Click here to read the Pilot Report |
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Zodiac XL, powered by the
Continental O-200 engine |
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European Zodiac XL ULM (France) |
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