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Island hopping in the Caribbean

Flying the Zodiac in Guadeloupe

Following are a few more great video clips flying in Guadeloupe.  This time, the videos are from a Zodiac CH 601, landing at the unique island airports.  The first one is landing the CH601 on the Terre-de-Haut Island, which is the largest island that makes up the "…

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Added by Sebastien Heintz on May 8, 2011 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Kitplanes magazine article on the safety of Zeniths: "Safety is no accident"

The November 2010 issue of Kitplanes magazine (and it's still September as I write this!) has a story on the safety of Zeniths, presented as part of a series of articles on homebuilt (kit) aircraft safety. As the article's clichéd title states, safety is no accident, so I'm reprinting it here (with the gracious permission of… Continue

Added by Sebastien Heintz on September 30, 2010 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

...from Voice of America radio: "Kurdish Aviator Builds Plane, Flies Over Home Town"

See and listen to Voice of America for an interesting story about a man and his dream (original broadcast on August 12, 2010):

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Added by Sebastien Heintz on August 12, 2010 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

A story, about a story, about a story.... worth reading.

I read the following story (about a story in the New York Times, no less) about a Zodiac builder and his love of flying. Isn't it great to read some good news about aviation and flying, especially in a non-aviation publication?…





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Added by Sebastien Heintz on August 11, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Trip to Sun'n Fun in the STOL CH 750

Following is a brief report and photos from our flight to Sun'n Fun earlier this month:

(Update: See my new video clips at the bottom of this post).

To test the comfort and cross-country capability of the STOL CH 750, Roger and I decided to fly together (in one plane) to Lakeland, Florida, from… Continue

Added by Sebastien Heintz on April 23, 2010 at 9:00am — 19 Comments

Flying the Upgraded Zodiac

We've had lousy flying weather in Mexico, Missouri lately (which is really not that typical), so when the sky looked OK this morning Roger and I pulled out the upgraded Zodiac XL for a pleasure flight...

Here's the video:



I hope you enjoy it as much as we… Continue

Added by Sebastien Heintz on January 27, 2010 at 4:30pm — 14 Comments

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