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It's confirmed! Oshkosh 2014 here we come!
Patricia and I will be there! We will be spending our time at the One Week Wonder Event - and hope to see our fellow Zenith builders too! We will be more than happy to answer face-to-face all those questions about building and flying in West Africa and how light aircraft really do change lives. WE…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on July 8, 2014 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
As we work ever creatively towards using the Zenith STOL aircraft in practical applications, in the heat of the tropics, we are currently working towards a concept for improved cooling. It has taken us a long time, but we are close to test flying the 'nose job' on the 701 with a Rotax 912iS up front.
The fun part is the new nose shape and the…
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One of our pilots from Brazil is transitioning to the CH701 with the 912iS. He put a GoPro on the mount and then created with You Tube video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ijgyJhgUic - although it is speeded up, it shows a lot of interesting hand movements in the cockpit... watch carefully as you see me in the right seat moving my hands around a lot! Also check out the full and free movement prior to take off - as well as enjoy…
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Finally we have reached the point where we consider that we have expressed how we have established our fuel system for the 912iS in our test bed CH701. No, it does not contain all that we wanted to, but we feel that it conveys the points about what we have done, why we have done it and what we would prefer to do.
We LOVE LOVE LOVE the engine and the airframe combination. It is a great airframe and a great engine. A marriage of heavenly proportions, for us and what we use…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on March 5, 2013 at 12:06am — 10 Comments
ContinueFollowing is an update article on the work of Medicine on the Move with the Zenith STOL in western Africa. We've been proud to support Jonathan Porter and his amazing team in Africa, and I hope some of you take an interest in this innovative organization that's "changing lives one flight at the time."
Their educational "…
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Lydia is already known to many of you, she has undergone a lot of challenges in her little life.... yet, through the amazing healing power of Zenith Aircraft, she is getting above her problems...
As we beat out the circuits with the occassional 12kt gust that made her work harder, we started to chat....
'How many 16 year old girls learn to fly?'…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on April 11, 2012 at 2:23pm — 8 Comments
Our heartfelt thanks go to Randy and Tim for kindly sending their 'left-over' cleco's, wiring, instruments, clamps, breakers and other goodies to us in Ghana. Randy and Tim both built Zenith aircraft, and at the end had some parts that had some good deeds left in the packaging... They responded to the Medicine on the Move…
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In Ghana, Santa has been giving inspirations to the CH701 building ladies of WAASPS and Medicine on the Move.
Consideration was given to renaming the the aircraft as 'Metal Sleigh', for, afterall, both the Wooden Sleigh of the red-coated-white-bearded aviator (Reindeer powered, of course), have great similiarities....
1. STOL capabilities - both…
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Hi fellow builders... would you like to have a part in helping to train girls to build Zenith aircraft in West Africa?…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on September 1, 2011 at 11:51am — 3 Comments
Thank you Zenith for making the growth of light aviation possible in Ghana, West Africa and for giving so many young people new hope. The ability to produce parts from scratch build, and to have kit parts coupled with excellent manuals and plans and outstanding support from the factory and Zenith community is what has made it possible for WAASPS, Medicine on the Move and the AvTech Academy to succeed in changing lives, one flight at a time.
The changes to these girls lives…
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I decided not to write about Oshkosh - since there was a lot already.. .but the Medicine on the Move (MoM) team are just winding up their USA tour - and looking forward to getting home to the team that are still in Ghana working hard on keeping the airfield ready for our return (they chose to dig out some large stones whilst we are away... and now need to fill the holes!!)
Last week we had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Zenith Factory. For Patricia this was her…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on August 12, 2011 at 10:11pm — 2 Comments
Ok, so here is your challenge - a floating airport.
We are seriously considering taking on a disused hospital ship and converting it into a 'Health Education Vessel with Advanced First Responder Capabilities'. If successful, which is more than 50%, we would want to keep the vessel at large the majority of the time, anchored at a number of points along the thousands of kilometers of lake-coast on the largest man made lake in the world. Moving crews and supplies on and off…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on May 5, 2011 at 1:33am — 15 Comments
In West Africa light aviation is still massively under-utilised, yet in great need. So, with the harmattan dust restricting our flight movements, and with Detective Erin Nolan from the NYPD on a visit, we took to the road to check out the airfields we hoped to 'stimulate' either back to use or to improve. We scored 2/3 and get some very interesting tales to tell.…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on February 13, 2011 at 12:49am — 1 Comment
The story of the phoenix bird that loves fire came to mind today.
For the first time this year, we were able to fly - circuits and very local, but operational. Safety procedures are essential when you have been on the ground for an extended period, as has happened this year.
Our in house regulation is that 'if you have not flown for 28 days you…
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