Look for more examples of completed 601XL upgrades in this issue of the Zenair Newsletter which is now in the process of mailing throughout the world.

Ulis Temos, who has been featured before in the newsletter regarding his cross country flights in his CH701 shows pictures of a custom toolbox that he built into the seat of his aircraft.…

I finished my other wing and am wondering if I am about on track in the building process. I have completed both wings, rudder, elev. & stab, I have about 250 hrs. const. time so far. Am I ahead, behind, or about average?

This morning I found that my dad and I were internet stars in a video montage from this weekend's EAA fly-in at Farmerville, LA (Union Parish Airport / F87). Trying to evade as much of the heat as possible, we flew up there early and were the first arrival so the Papa Goose got video coverage at the fuel pump right at the beginning of the video.

We had to bug out before the P-51 arrived but we did get to see the low pass by the Air Tractor crop duster, complete with airshow…

On august 14th 2010 I made my first flight with my Zenith 601 xl-b. The flight lasted 45 minutes, remaining over the Winsted, Mn airport the entire time. After verifing the temps I continued a slow climb to 4300 feet, where I tested the slow flight abilities of the plane, (I found out the 601 xl can fly much slower than my chase planes). I was indicating 42 mph on the Enigma EFIS with no stall buffet being felt. the flight speeds were kept under 90 mph the entire time. The controls felt…

I am ready to fit my cowling to the airframe. The engine is offset 3 as is. The installation manual call for 1-2 degrees. How many folks shimed the mount to correct this before fitting the cowl> Should I leave well enough alone?

Bob Allen