Aviation enthusiasts, especially fans of Chris Heintz designs, are invited to the Zenair Open Hangar Day and Builder Gathering scheduled for Saturday, June 11, 2011, at Huronia Airport in Midland, Ontario, Canada. Visitors are invited to fly or drive in to the Zenair factory, which designer Chris Heintz founded in 1974. Zenair Ltd. manufactures all-metal [...]
In the hot morning sun of Friday, April 1, Zenith Aircraft’s Sebastien Heintz surveyed the area around what was supposed to be his display tent at Sun ‘n Fun 2011. It was not pretty. The violent storms that swept through Lakeland Linder Airport on March 31st at around noon had decimated his display area and [...]
Participants in Zenith factory workshops have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in building a Zenith kit aircraft. For a relatively low cost, they can start assembling parts of the kit under the guidance of factory professionals, and upon graduation have a rudder tail section for a STOL CH 750 or Zodiac CH 650 to [...]
Because customers have been asking for them, Zenair has been developing a 2500 pound float kit for the GlaStar and Sportsman aircraft. The work is now complete, the company says, and parts are being made so that shipping of the float kits should commence in January 2011.
Zenith Aircraft will be holding its 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In at the company’s Mexico, Missouri, headquarters on September 18.
For more than six months, Zenair has been delivering the popular 1150- and 1450-pound kits and factory assembled floats. The company is now offering a pre-drilled fastbuild float kit and welcoming aircraft dealers and maintenance shops to finish them for customers. Shipping assembled floats is expensive in crating but also in shipping costs. When customers [...]
UPDATE, Monday November 9, 2009: Zenith has published the Safety Alert for the CH 601XL and CH 650 aircraft. On Saturday November 7, the FAA published a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin warning pilots and builders of CH601XL and CH650 aircraft to look for and adhere to a Zenith safety directive that should be published shortly. [...]
