I have finished my 701 and am getting ready for the DAR. I am now hoping to find someone that is flying a 701 that is willing to do some transition work with me. I have been flying since the early 60's, got my private in J-3s, owned a Yankee American for about 10 years, since then I have been flying Cessna's ususally the 150-152s but in the past was checked out in 172s.

My 701 has a Rotax 912s, Dynon 180, X-Com, Becker TP, and is backed up with a VSI, ALT, SI, TACH which are…

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http://qualitysportplanes.comOur spring open hanger day is coming up very fast. This year it will be on May 7th at Quality Sport Planes in Cloverdale Calif. Please see our event posting on this sight or go to our web page for more info.

Hi all   we will be at Rick's event with our ch750 STOL we hope to have about 5 aircraft flying down from northern calif for this first STOL gathering all Zenith are welcome. Tlhose of you that have not been able to see a flying CH750 are welcome to drive to the event or to fly-in.

The Turbine Zenith 701 (742DE) flew over 1200 miles at 300’ over Lake Livingston last week in an attempt to locate a lost fisherman. We unfortunately did not save a life this time but I was sure impressed with the utility of the 701 to perform this type of search. It was gratifying to be able to help and I would recommend that all of you that have 701/750 consider letting local law enforcement know if you have time to volunteer.

Scott Ehni

Following is a brief summary of our eventful week at Sun'n Fun which ended this past Sunday.  The following post was sent out as part of a Zenith Aircraft E-mail Updates sent out earlier today to Zenith builders and enthusiasts. …

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A documentary is underway about what we do in West Africa, much of it with Zenith aircraft... Many people ask to see a video of what we do, but our internet is 'inter-mittent-net'....

 

Happily, here is a link to the preview to the documentary.... http://vimeo.com/21946586 , donated by Rex and Melissa Pemberton, watch out especially for the Zenith across the setting sun and rising sun pictures.... we had a great time shooting this, but…

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what is everyone using to clean and polish wooden props

 

Thanks for all your support and best wishes.

We arrived early with trailers and tools only to find all the damaged aircraft had been removed from the booth.  Finally found them and began the recovery process.  We disassembled the CH750 and moved it to FlightCrafters in Zephyrhills, FL.  From there we will do a more extensive survey of the damage.  Sebastien, Roger, and Caleb are working up a plane to repair and replace.  I am sure they will be back in the air ASAP.

 

Sun n Fun (not wanting to miss any revenue) opened at…

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Sure wish I could just say April Fools! and the whole mess would go away.  

On the way back to Sun n Fun with trailers and tools.

Will send an update later this evening.

 

Russell Lepre