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Road Trip, Zenith-style

2022-01-12T20:35:08.273Z

Zenith Aircraft's Sebastien Heintz and his son Calvin embark on a road trip South to Florida from the Missouri factory in their cargo van. They loaded the van with Zenith aircraft kits which they delivered to customers along the way, making their way to Lakeland, Florida, to host a Zenith hands-on workshop class and for the Sun 'n Fun Holiday Fly-In Festival and National STOL competition (in early December 2021), coming up in Part Two of this video.

Normally, Zenith aircraft kits are crated and shipped by common carrier (truck) for the Zenith factory in Mexico, Missouri to the customer's home. A typical full kit will be crated in one box, 14-ft L x 4-ft W x 3.5-ft H, weighing approx. 1,000 lbs. (including the wood crate). Alternatively, customers can pick up their kit at the factory, either uncrated or crated (in the big wood box), and haul the kit back themselves. Note that component kits (or smaller section kits) can also be ordered and shipped (or picked up). Of course, individual parts can also be ordered and shipped.

With the Zenith cargo van, the kit is not crated but hand packed on the shelves inside the van (smaller parts are boxed together and larger parts are wrapped in paper for protection). At the customer's home, the parts are unloaded by hand.

Here's part two of the road trip: https://youtu.be/ppA0Kl6-bbU

Flying to Alaska: STOL CH 750 Super Duty stops by the Zenith Aircraft factory

2018-04-29T06:13:14.289Z

Viking Aircraft Engines is on its way to Alaska (from Florida) with the first kit-built version STOL CH 750 Super Duty, powered by its 180-hp turbocharged Honda-based conversion. Sebastien and Roger (from the Zenith Aircraft factory) flew up over Mexico, Missouri (in the prototype CH750SD) to meet with Jan and Dwayne in the air for a better look at the "dead rat flat black" painted plane with red powder-coated wing leading edge slats.
This airplane was built by Jan and the Viking Aircraft Engine crew in just two months from the complete Zenith Aircraft kit.

Flying the Zenith CH 750 Cruzer to AirVenture Oshkosh 2013

2013-08-07T15:05:37.115Z

Flying our new Zenith CH 750 Cruzer to the EAA AirVenture (Oshkosh) fly-in convention. (This video clip is of the first leg of the trip - I was having so much fun I forgot to take videos the rest of the way!)

Flying back home from Sebring

2013-01-23T16:37:24.286Z

Flying back home from the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo in Florida on January 21, 2013, in the Zenith CH 650 cruiser flying around the high wing STOL CH 750 light sport utility kit plane. Day One of Two.

Cross country flight with the STOL CH 750 - Sebring 2012 trip

2012-01-25T15:44:37.946Z

Here are a few clips from Roger flying the STOL CH750 to the Sebring LSA Expo from the Zenith factory in Mexico, Missouri (about 1,000 miles each way). The Zenith CH750 demo plane is equipped with the Dynon SkyView glass panel display and auto pilot.