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, [...]

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 [...]

Zenith Aircraft Company Fly In to Summer Builder Fly-In Gathering is scheduled for Saturday, June 26, 2010, at the Zenith factory located at Mexico Memorial Airport (KMYJ) in Mexico, Missouri. Aviation enthusiasts, especially builders and owners of Zenith kit planes, are invited to drive or fly in for the day. This will be a fun, [...]