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By Jim Douglas |
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September 13, 2010
- Zenith Aircraft Company's 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In
Gathering is scheduled for Saturday, September 18, 2010, at the factory
located at The Zenith Aircraft kit production facilities will be open for factory tours and Zenith's factory-demonstrator kit aircraft will be on display. Company staff will demonstrate kit production and fabrication techniques used in producing the all-metal kit aircraft parts made at the Zenith Aircraft factory. |
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They will have a
number of planned activities, including a series of hands-on educational
and informative workshops for existing owners and builders, as well as
new builders just getting started.
Friday, September
17th
?Rotax Aircraft
Eengines Workshop? presented by Dean Vogal.
Learn all about the Rotax 912 series light aircraft engines,
popular in the STOL CH 701, STOL CH 750 and the Zodiac series aircraft.
Dean Vogel is a top-rated instructor in the Rotax Flying and Safety Club
(RFSC), Vogal is a 1982 graduate of the |
From 2:15 - 3:45
PM
From 4:00 - 5:00
PM
From 6:00 ? 9:00
PM
Saturday,
September 18th
Saturday
participants and activities includes hands-on workshops, visitors will
be given the opportunity to "build their own" aircraft-aluminum binder
for their Zenith documentation, as well as a custom made wheel chocks
assembly project.
Charlie Becker
from the Experimental Aircraft Association will attend and host a
seminar on EAA's available resources to help builders, owners and pilots
of amateur-built aircraft, including the technical advisor and flight
advisor programs, as well as details on Sport Pilot / LSA rules.
Garmin Avionics,
the leader in light aircraft GPS and avionics systems, will be on hand
to show the latest Garmin products for light sport aircraft including
the new GSX flight deck.
Tim Casey, Garmin's sales manager for portables, LSA, and Experimental
Aviation Markets, plans to attend to answer questions on installing and
operating Garmin avionics in Zenith aircraft.
A representative
from Aircraft Spruce & Specialty will attend to hand out catalogs and
showcase some of the thousands of items offered by this homebuilders and
pilots superstore.
Rotax aircraft
engines, famous for its popular 100-hp Rotax 912 ULS engine, will be
represented by Dean Vogal of Aero Technical Institute in
Gus Warren plans
to fly in from Florida in a STOL CH 750 powered by a lightweight ULpower
engine, and will be on hand to show this modern new European aircraft
engine. Gus will also be available to answer questions about Sport Pilot
and Light Sport Aircraft (LSA), and professional builder assistance.
Mark Stauffer,
builder and owner of a Zenith, will represent Jabiru
AmZac Light Sport
Aviation is a new builder assistance center located in
Jon Croke, editor
of the "Zenair Newsletter," will be available to sell back issues of the
newsletter, renew your subscription, and interview builders and
suppliers for future issues of the builder newsletter.
The official newsletter is published six times per year, and each
issue comes with a companion DVD.
Mike Loehle of
Loehle Aero Coatings will discuss aircraft painting, with in-depth
information on painting your Zenith aircraft with Loehle Aero Coatings
high quality aircraft finishes.
Dynon Avionics has
sent the company a brand new glass panel SkyView demo unit which they
will have mounted in a STOL CH 750 instrument panel, demonstrating this
new next-generation glass panel with 10" display.
Russell Lepre from
FlightCrafters, a leading provider of professional builder assistance
and quick-build kits, will attend to meet with builders and answer
building and flying questions.
Chuck Preston from
Kitplanes magazine will be on hand to answer questions about the popular
magazine dedicated to homebuilt aircraft.
George Happ from
Matco Mfg., maker of light aircraft wheels and brakes used on many
Zeniths, will be on hand to discuss the company's products and how to
best install and operate them on your Zenith.
Viking Aircraft
Engines makes a Honda-based 100-hp engine conversion for light aircraft.
Jan Eggenfellner is planning to fly-in a Zodiac CH601HDS powered by one
of his new conversions.
Scott Wicks of
Wick's Aircraft Supplies will hand out catalogs and showcase some of the
builder supplies offered by Wick's (aircraft building materials and
hardware, tools, and accessories).
AeroLEDs, the
latest LED (light emitting diode) aircraft lights, including wingtip
mounted strobe / nav lights as well as an assortment of new landing
lights.
Existing Zenith
Aircraft builders and owners enjoy sharing information and details about
building and flying their aircraft, and will be available to discuss
construction, finishing (paint, upholstery, avionics, alternative
engines, etc.) and flying their aircraft creations. Builders and pilots
bring your photos to share with fellow builders. |
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