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Hello everyone!
We're just over a week away from one of the highlights of the convention—our Zenith Builders Banquet at The Mineshaft in Oshkosh! Join us for a fun and relaxing evening filled with great company and some of the best food in town.
Date: Thursday, July 24th (during Convention week)
Location: The Mineshaft, 2041 S Koeller Street, Oshkosh, WI 54902
(Located at the end of Runway 9)
Schedule:…
Added by Joe Scheibinger on July 16, 2025 at 12:00pm — No Comments
Hi All,
It was an honor and privilege to present in the Homebuilders Hangar at EAA Airventure 2024. Current and future Zenith Aircraft builders were in attendance. I hope you all find the information useful.
This is the link to my presentation given at AirVenture 2024 "Building a Zenith Cruzer in a One Car Garage".
Thanks…
ContinueAdded by John DiMattei on July 25, 2024 at 8:00pm — No Comments
| We look forward to seeing many of you at the annual EAA Oshkosh AirVenture fly-in convention (July 25 - 31, 2022)! Whether you're a current builder or owner, or just looking at starting on your own project, there is… |
Added by Zenith Aero on June 30, 2022 at 1:56pm — No Comments
Last week we hosted our first (and hopefully only!) "Oshkosh Week" at the Zenith aircraft kit factory in Mexico, Missouri. With the annual EAA AirVenture show canceled this year because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, we decided to open our factory to builders (and pilots) so that they could continue to "aviate" and work on their kit aircraft projects. We limited group sizes and activities…
ContinueAdded by Sebastien Heintz on July 27, 2020 at 5:00pm — No Comments
Zenith Aircraft Company had another great year at EAA Oshkosh AirVenture 2019.
First things first: Thanks to all who flew in to the EAA Oshkosh 50th anniversary fly-in! And…
ContinueAdded by Sebastien Heintz on August 8, 2019 at 7:00pm — 7 Comments
I was starting to write my Oshkosh 2019 follow-up report, but the highlight of this year's Oshkosh experience for me actually happened after flying home from the event, when I received the following email letter:
"Mr Heintz, from the time I was a boy I loved airplanes. Life, as it does many times, prevented me from becoming a pilot until I was 40 years…
ContinueAdded by Sebastien Heintz on August 6, 2019 at 10:30am — 2 Comments
Fellow Zenith Builders,
It's time once again to announce the Zenith Aircraft Builders Banquet for 2018! Our event will once again be held at the Oshkosh Elks Lodge, 175 West Fernau Ave, in Oshkosh, on Thursday, July 26. As always we have very comfortable seating, our own private bar, award winning food, and door prizes! The full bar will open at 5:30 PM for people that would like to come and relax early. Dinner starts at 7:00 PM. Tickets are once again available at the door…
ContinueAdded by Joe Scheibinger on June 4, 2018 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh -- Here's a follow-up report of Zenith Aircraft at EAA Oshkosh AirVenture 2017. We had another fantastic year, and had a wonderful time meeting with new and existing Zenith builders and flyers, including a full house at the Zenith / Zenair Builders Banquet on Thursday evening! Following are photos and videos of our week at…
ContinueAdded by Zenith.Aero on August 2, 2017 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments
Following are a few videos of the Zenith STOL CH 750 "Super Duty" introduced at EAA Oshkosh AirVenture 2017:
First flight video: First flight of the STOL CH 750 Super Duty from Zenith Aircraft Company. …
ContinueAdded by Zenith.Aero on August 1, 2017 at 2:30pm — No Comments
At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, more than 2,500 volunteers helped build the One Week Wonder Zenith CH 750 Cruzer airplane in just seven days, shining a bright spotlight squarely on homebuilding at show center. This summer at EAA AirVenture…
ContinueAdded by Zenith.Aero on July 1, 2015 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments
Zenith Aircraft Company will host an “Engine Day” at the company’s exhibit at AirVenture in Oshkosh on Friday, July 24 from 10 am to 2 pm. The company will have a number of Zenith aircraft with different installed engines on display, as well as representatives from a number of engine manufacturers.
We're told to expect at least a couple of new engines on display for the first time this year!
This will be…
ContinueAdded by Zenith.Aero on June 25, 2015 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment
Zenith Banquet for 2014
One week to go! With the huge pre-sale response for the Zenith Banquet it looks like this will be a blockbuster! Just a quick recap. The Zenith Builders Banquet will be held on Friday, August 1st at the Oshkosh Elks Lodge. More information can be found on the attached brochure. If the brochure did not attach to this post, you can request one by sending an e-mail to backstagelive@gmail.com and I can E-mail you one.
It's easy to get…
ContinueAdded by Joe Scheibinger on July 24, 2014 at 10:30am — 2 Comments
Hi Everyone!
Here is an update on the festivities for the “Zeniths to Oshkosh” builders banquet and aircraft parking for the 2014 Oshkosh EAA Convention.
The Banquet
The banquet will once again be held at the Elks Lodge in Oshkosh. This beautiful facility served us well last year and is expandable for our growing Zenith family. We have very comfortable seating for over 250 people, our own private bar, and award winning food. The banquet…
ContinueAdded by Joe Scheibinger on June 18, 2014 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments
Added by Sebastien Heintz on October 3, 2013 at 3:00pm — 21 Comments
2013 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Another Great Year for Zenith
A huge thank you to everyone that came to the Zenith banquet at EAA this year! We had 173 builders from all over the world attend. If you would like to see more pictures of the event and pictures of the Zenith display, you can Facebook me at "Joe Scheibinger", go to my pictures, and…
ContinueAdded by Joe Scheibinger on August 5, 2013 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments
We're nearly ready for our next big adventure at "AirVenture! We hope you can join us!
Here is a summary of some of the planned Zenith activities.
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Added by Zenith.Aero on July 20, 2013 at 11:00am — 1 Comment
Zenith Aircraft Co. will host its second “Engine Day” at the company’s exhibit at AirVenture in Oshkosh on Thursday, August 1 from 10 am to 2 pm. The company will have a number of Zenith aircraft with different installed engines on display, as well as representatives from a number of engine manufacturers.
In 2012, Zenith hosted its first “Engine Day” at Oshkosh, with a handful of different powerplants and their representatives on hand. “We didn’t know what the response would be,” said…
ContinueAdded by Zenith.Aero on July 18, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments
It is hard to believe that it is nearly one month since the annual pilgrimage of the faithful came to an end. We are all back in Ghana, and busy getting ready to start 4 more girls from the bushlands on a 4 year programme of learning to fly, build and maintain aircraft, run an airfield and use a computer...as well as drive a tractor and a truck! …
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on August 28, 2012 at 3:20am — 4 Comments
The following was first published on General Aviation News on July 18, 2012
Zenith Aircraft Co. will host its first-ever “Engine Day” next Thursday, July 26, at the company’s exhibit at AirVenture in Oshkosh. The company will have a number of Zenith aircraft with different powerplants on display, as well as representatives from a…
ContinueAdded by Zenith.Aero on July 19, 2012 at 9:00am — 1 Comment
We're ready for our next big adventure at "AirVenture! - Here is a summary of some of the planned Zenith activities. We hope you can join us!
I'll be updating this page as I receive new information.…
Added by Sebastien Heintz on July 16, 2012 at 8:00pm — 6 Comments
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