Zenith Aircraft flew its new CH 650B kit aircraft for the first time Wednesday. The powerplant is a brand new 130-horsepower UL Power engine, the UL350iS. A video of the flight was posted on YouTube. The company says fine-tuning of the firewall-forward package and fiberglass cowl are next, along with adding striping to the airframe [...]

KITPLANES talks with Zenith Aircraft’s Sebastien Heintz at Sun ‘n Fun 2011.

After 10 enjoyable years of on and off building, my plans built Zenith CH701 aircraft received its airworthiness certificate on March 10, 2011 and took to the air on March 11. It flies great! With a good used Continental O-200-A engine and a simple panel, it is a very inexpensive airplane that is really fun [...]

There is a new builder assistance center in Mexico, Missouri, for builders of Zenith Aircraft and other designs. Called American Light Sport Aircrafters, it is the brainchild of Bill Carter. We will let Carter describe it in his own words. The reason that we chose Mexico, Missouri, for the location of our facility is that [...]

This just in from Zenith Aircraft: The FAA Kansas City Manufacturing Inspection Office has evaluated the Zenith Aircraft Company Zodiac CH601 XL aircraft kit changes, specifically the 6-ZU Upgrade Package. The MIO has notified AIR-200 that they have found no significant change compared to the original Amateur Built Fabrication and Assembly Checklist, and meets major [...]

Completed after a long journey of ten years. I still need to finish the paint, but she flies great! The engine is #5 off the Jabiru 5100 8cyl 180HP line and sports a custom 3-blade Catto prop, just over 800# thrust on a plane with an empty weight of 1240. She just jumps off the [...]

Zenith N701TL took me a little over a year to build, started on 6/18/09 and finished 8/05/10. The airworthiness certificate was issued on 9/16/10 and first flight was on 9/18/10. It is powered by a Rotax 100 hp 912 ULS engine with a Warp Drive 72 inch prop, equipped with full steam gauges, a Dynon [...]

Started building in February of 1997 – finally signed off after three years, eight months and 20 days. Lost track of the hours but I’m a perfectionist. Ran out of parts and excuses November 5th and took her up for the first flight of fifteen minutes. The picture is of taxi in after first flight, [...]