Fred Westbrook, of Owego, New York, sent us this inspiring story of his build experience that we share below.

Don’t Get Discouraged

My name is Fred Westbrook. A few years ago, when my son Josh was about fourteen years…

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[Paul Gabehart, of Campbellsville, Kentucky, sent us this "builder report" on the day he received his FAA airworthiness certificate, which was just 7 months, 3 weeks from the date he picked up the kit at the factory and attended the hands-on Zenith rudder workshop class. He modestly says "I really did not intend on building in what I understand is a short time. I found building was like drinking a milkshake: Taking your time can be a challenge when it tastes so so…

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There are some great free resources available to new builders, especially useful to introduce yourself to some of the kit skills and concepts you'll use building your own aircraft.

Zenith YouTube Channel. We publish a lot on our YouTube channel, from flying videos,…

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Check out this gorgeous photo of Mark Phillips in his custom Zenith STOL CH 701, featured in the October 2018 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.…

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The Tehachapi Society of Pilots of California has partnered with Oak Valley Charter Schools to build an airplane with high school students (providing successful students with scholastic credit).

The…

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Below are a few simple tools I have made that others may find useful.

1. Wooden "gage" blocks- I have all sorts of bits of left over 2x4's. It has been useful to cut those into lengths such as 1",3/4", etc. If I need to elevate part above the table a little bit, I have a good selection of "calibrated" heights to work from. And as can be seen from the holes, they make good backer blocks for drilling. And for those last little bits of tweaking, door shims work quite…

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Nice article on RAA Chapter 85's Zenith CH 750 Cruzer build project.

• Read the article: Aviation-News-Article-RAA85-Cruzer-Project.pdf
• RAA Chapter 85's Facebook page…

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So the builders log printed out to 737 pages. Here is a link to it as a PDF file. It is electronically searchable.

Here is a link to the PDF file of my builders log.  It was to large for an attach to a email so you will have to download it from this site.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5cEeh3csmTNeFl1VDcteWNEQnc

enjoy,

The …

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The following was published by GeneralAviationNews.com on July 9, 2012, by Janice Wood

File photo…

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See and listen to Voice of America for an interesting story about a man and his dream (original broadcast on August 12, 2010):

• Here's the transcript from the website: View Website |…

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The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) website publishes "Hints for Homebuilders" video clips, with some useful how-to building information and introductory info on tools, etc.

Though some of these videos are a little too Sonex-centric (they're neighbors with EAA headquarters in Oshkosh) a lot of the information also applies to building a Zenith:



Here's a sample:…



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