First Flight Video: Turbine powered STOL CH 701

First flight and landing of my scratch built Zenith air 701 with a JFS100-13 turbine for power.

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Comment by Pedro Rivera on November 29, 2010 at 8:03am
Pretty cool the engine sound.
Comment by Andre Levesque on November 28, 2010 at 7:22pm
Good Job Scott !! That was agreat landing coming low over the water...nice. The sound is incredible and nothing one would expect from a 701 -:)

CONGRATUALTIONS !!!!
Comment by Scott Thatcher on November 28, 2010 at 4:26pm
Congratulations... a perfect looking landing but it had me on the edge of my seat coming in over the water. The turbine sound is awesome!
Comment by Julio Marques Vieira on November 28, 2010 at 2:36pm
That's IT! CONGRATULATIONS!! I love the sound, too! T-JET!!! Please more videos!
Comment by Henri Luyckx on November 28, 2010 at 1:41pm
Just love the sound of that engine. Hope to see more videos in the future.
Comment by Carlos Sa on November 28, 2010 at 1:13pm
Fantabulous! It does not get much more *experimental* than this...!!!
Comment by Debra and Patrick Nesbitt on November 27, 2010 at 2:23pm
Scott, that is way to cool. You must post a blog on what it is like to fly etc. Congratulations.
Comment by Ken Ryan on November 27, 2010 at 12:01pm
Congratulations Scott! Another first for aviation history.

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