August 2018 Blog Posts (7)

Using Jira for Managing My Aircraft Build

One of the problems I have run into in the course of this project is being able get an idea of how much

is left for me to do on my plane and what needs to be done next.I have various notes and spreadsheets scattered around, but nothing has ever seemed to really pull everything together for me into a coherent whole.

In my day job as a programmer I use a project management software package called Jira. I have found Jira to be a pretty flexible software package, so I…

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Added by Damon Brantley on August 23, 2018 at 1:00pm — No Comments

OSHKOSH

Well I made it! I flew C-FPQO from High River AB to Oshkosh. It was 7 legs, just under 1300 miles one way, over 3 days on the way down and 2 days on the way back.

Added by Vance Lucas on August 11, 2018 at 7:21pm — 1 Comment

Canopy material

Is the canopy plexiglass?

I fly with a small sharp point hammer.

Can the canopy be shattered if crash landing and tip on back happens?

Added by Dick Miles on August 11, 2018 at 2:06pm — 4 Comments

Banquet Results - Largest one Ever!

Fellow Builders,

Thanks so much to everyone that attended the Zenith Builders Banquet during the Oshkosh EAA convention. The event was held at the Elks Lodge in Oshkosh. With 162 Zenith builders attending, this was the largest Zenith banquet to date for the Elks Lodge. Profits from the event go to the many charities that the Elks Lodge support including education and Veterans groups.

And once again the door prizes were outstanding. Patricia Porter was the grand…

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Added by Joe Scheibinger on August 8, 2018 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

2018 Zenith Aircraft OPEN HANGAR DAYS and Builder Fly-In

Thanks to all who visited and participated at the 2018 Zenith Homecoming! We had a great event!

Video clip of the eventCheck out the…

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Added by Zenith Aero on August 6, 2018 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Free BuildLog software is now available

I just released a new (free) software application named BuildLog that makes it easy to track time worked while building an experimental aircraft. Please feel free to download it and let me know what you think. I created it for myself to use while building my Zenith CH650 kitplane and am hoping it may be useful to other homebuilders. The web site is http://toddosborne.net/Software.aspx

Added by Todd Osborne on August 2, 2018 at 4:31pm — 3 Comments

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