All Discussions Tagged 'ulku' - Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers2024-03-28T15:19:08Zhttps://zenith.aero/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=ulku&feed=yes&xn_auth=noZenith builder, owner and fellow pilot Necip Ulku passed away todaytag:zenith.aero,2014-08-16:2606393:Topic:3742212014-08-16T18:15:00.048ZEfe Cem Elcihttps://zenith.aero/profile/EfeCemElci
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<p>I hate to be the bearer of such news but I felt I had a responsibility to let you know that today we lost Necip Ulku, 53, electrical engineer by trade and passionate aviator, in an airplane crash. (Zenith.aero <a href="http://www.zenith.aero/profile/NecipUlku" target="_blank">profile 1</a> <a href="http://www.zenith.aero/profile/NecipUlku79" target="_blank">profile 2</a>)…</p>
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I hate to be the bearer of such news but I felt I had a responsibility to let you know that today we lost Necip Ulku, 53, electrical engineer by trade and passionate aviator, in an airplane crash. (Zenith.aero <a href="http://www.zenith.aero/profile/NecipUlku" target="_blank">profile 1</a> <a href="http://www.zenith.aero/profile/NecipUlku79" target="_blank">profile 2</a>)</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2060767457?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2060767457?profile=original" class="align-center"/></a></p>
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<p>Ulku had built one of the first Zenith models in Turkey, the STOL CH 701. He went on to build a Sonex kit aircraft and had a hangar constructed in his hometown of Ankara with a dirt runway next to it.</p>
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<p>Ulku used his aircraft and his passion for flying to spread this love to many people young and old. Here's a YouTube video of the first flight of a young enthusiast with Ulku's Zenith aircraft.</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/E13WEc-vrz4?rel=0&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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<p>Ulku's Zenith was also the first aircraft to land at the then under development Sivrihisar International Sport Aviation Center, a rare private facility that aims for the development of aviation through a lack of the usual fees levied to aircraft for use of the facilities. Here is a photo from that inaugural landing:</p>
<p><a href="http://bagimsizhavacilar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/UNU_SUSHM2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://bagimsizhavacilar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/UNU_SUSHM2.jpg" class="align-center"/></a></p>
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<p>According to the reports and photos of the crash site Ulku was not flying the Zenith at the time of the crash but another experimental kit aircraft.</p>