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SUMMARY:Completion
DESCRIPTION:A friend, Dave Klink, and I drove to the Zenith plant on J
 uly, 27, 2011 to pickup a CH 650.  After loading the plane, with help
  from the Zenith staff on the 28th, we trailered the kit back to Fort 
 Collins, CO.  We chose the CH 650 after months of considering other k
 its (rejecting the RV 12 and Rans 19, BTW). I completed the small str
 uctures (rudder, flaps, elevator, stabilizer, ailerons, and landing ge
 ar) in my basement, did the wings in my garage, and finished the other
  structures in Dave Klink's heated pole barn.  Dave Klink did the \"e
 lectricity\".  With Dave Klink, the CH 650 was our 3rd completed kit
  (KIS-TR1 and RV 9A), together with many restorations (T-Crafts, Pacer
 s, Vikings, and such).  We trailered the parts from the pole barn to 
 my rented hangar at the Greeley, CO airport for assemply, inspection, 
 and such.  The plane has a Rolls Royce O-200-A overhauled engine and 
 the usual, very simple, equipment (steam guages and such).  I made th
 e first flight on Novenber 19, 2012.  No problems, mostly because eve
 rything is absolutely straight, level, plumbed, and such to the point 
 of being anal retentive.  On the other hand, you can laught at me for
  blocks around because the plane was spray painted (cans).  I could n
 ot afford a $3,000 plus paint job.  I went tlight sport because I pl
 an to just fly the plane as long as possible.  I am almost 80 and hav
 e been flying for 65 years in many types of piston driven airplanes. S
 o, thanks, Zenith, for making a fine kit available.\n \n\nFor more in
 formation visit https://zenith.aero/events/completion
DTSTART:20121208T000000Z
DTEND:20121208T010000Z
CATEGORIES:airplane, completion
LOCATION:Fort Collins, CO
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ORGANIZER;CN="William R Arnold":https://zenith.aero/profile/WilliamRAr
 nold
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 R Arnold":https://zenith.aero/profile/WilliamRArnold
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