Classifieds

AIRCRAFT FOR SALE

American Aircraft Sales, Livermore Airport, CA, americanaircraft.net, cell (510) 783-2711, (925) 449-5151. 3/13 From Trade-ins to Aircraft Management, financing and appraisals. T.J. Aircraft Sales, Novato, CA, (415) 8985151, tjair.com. 3/13 AirplanesUSA Aircraft Sales, San Carlos, CA, Airport, (650) 394-7610, airplanesusa.com. 1/16

JETS

Small Manned Aerial Radar Target, Model 1. Tiny jet aircraft, long-range tank. SMART-1, Tucson, AZ, (202) 2132400, smart-1.us. 5/21

SPORT/ULTRALIGHTS

RV12i5. Total performance perfected. Easy to build, fly and own. Van's Aircraft www.vansaircraft.com. 11/18 Innovative aviation parachute recovery solutions for GA, sport, UAVs, more. aviationsafetyresources.com. 11/21

HELICOPTORS & eVTOL

5 Bell 212s 1996-1991, current maintenance, one owner. Bell 412, 33017 SN, 0 engine OH. Hudson Flight Limited, (806) 662-5823, or (971) 241-8473.6/20 Experience the joy of gyro flight. Orbic Helicopters, Camarillo, CA, (805) 389-1070, orbichelicopters.com.6/22

EXPERIMENTAL

BD-10, factory-built demonstrator with airplane safety mods. Airframe 465TT. $275K complete pkg. w/spares. Fuel Fresh, Phoenix, AZ, (480) 345-6677, fuelfresh@aol.com. 12/21

AIRCRAFT SALES AIDS

Aviation Sales & Marketing by ABCI. Ideal for a startup or side hustle in the aviation industry. (702) 987-1679 or aviationsalestraining.com/startup.1/21

FLIGHT INSTRUCTION

Sunshine Flyers. Flight & tailwheel instruction, rentals, mountain flying, and aerobatics., Auburn, CA, (530) 820-3442, sunshineflyersaviation@gmail.com.3/20 Arizona Type Ratings CE-500/CE-525 type ratings or recurrent. Insurance approved, staff examiner. arizonatyperatings.com, (602) 614-7994. 9309:TFN Seaplane Instruction, ASES ratings, amphibious flight reviews, re-current training. Lake Havasu Seaplanes, Lake Havasu City, AZ, lakehavasuseaplanes. com, (928) 733-7122. 12/20 Recurrent pilot training and services. L/D Aerospace, Grace Passmore, (916) 790-0501, idaerospace.com. 1/22 Fly for fun or career. Discovery flights, pilot training, AOPA Distinguished Flight School & Cessna Pilot Center. Smith Aviation Napa, Napa County Airport, (707) 345-6526, mikesmithaviation.com. 4/22

MAINTENANCE/INSPECTIONS

XL Aviation - Aircraft Maintenance. Custom-tailored programs for all aircraft. Livermore, CA, (925) 961-6135, xlaviationtailwheel.com. 8/20

RESTORATIONS

consulting at reasonable rates. The Wright Experience, (540) 379-9092.8/21 Custom aircraft & high-quality composite parts. Aviation Composites, Sandersville, GA, (937) 243-7303.1/22

All parts available to rebuild 1936 Rearwin Sportster. In Northern California. Contact Sue Harmuth at suewilldooo@ outlook.com. 22801:9

FBOs

Serving the GA Community since 1981. Wisconsin Aviation, Watertown Municipal Airport, WI, (920) 261-4567, WisconsinAviat2ion.com. 3/13 Corona AirVentures. Low fuel prices, amenities, tie-downs & hangars. Corona Municipal Airport, (951) 737-1300, CoronaAirVentures.com. 8/14

AVIONICS

Avionics for Every Mission. All major brands.Airtronics, Calaveras County Airport, CA, airtronicsavionics.com, (209) 736-9400. 11/14 Basic installs to complete panel and glass retrofits. Great service and value pricing. Pacific Coast Avionics, (800) 353-0370, PCA.aero. 7/15

AIRCRAFT PARTS

Keeping "classic" aircraft flying since 1946. Univair Aircraft Corp., Aurora, CO, (888) 433-5433, univair.com. 3/21

PROPELLERS

Aviation wood, composite or metal propellers. Sensenich, (813) 752-3711, (717) 569-0435 or sensenich.com.4/21

FUEL

Fuel Cells. Repair, overhaul or new. New tanks with 10-year warranty. Hartwig Aircraft Fuel Cell Repair, hartwigfuelcell.com. 2/09

OXYGEN SUPPLIES

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AVIATION SAFETY

Innovative aviation safety solutions and Parachute Recovery Systems for a variety of aircraft, including for sport, UAVs, more. AviationSafetyResources.com. 2/22 Get ahead of your daily in-flight risks with SAFETYLINQ flight risk assessment. argus.aero/safetylinq. 1/22

AIRCRAFT FINANCING

Top Retail for Your Aircraft. Sales, management and financing. USA Aircraft Brokers, (877) 417-3069. 51218:TFN

INSURANCE

Specializing in personal, business and charter aircraft. Best price, coverage & customer service. Zanette Aircraft Insurance Center, (650) 5933030, (888) 723-3358. 10/06 Insurance solutions for all aviationrelated services. Business Aviation Insurance, bizavins.com, (925) 825-1900.7/20 Protect your whole family, including your pets. Comprehensive health and Medicare solutions. Jen Mathey, owner, Pixie Health Insurance, (941) 200-3738, pixiehealth insurance.com. 10/22

AVIATION CONSULTANTS

Informed, accurate aircraft appraisals. jetvaluesjeremy.com, (636) 751-3987.7/20

PILOT SUPPLIES

No cheap imitation watches at HME! Special pricing on ATP series multifunctional watches with Altimeter. To order or for information, (323) 464-6660 or hmewatch.com. 11/16 Aircraft Spruce & Specialty. Free 700page catalog, Corona, CA, & Peachtree City, GA, aircraftspruce.com. 10/06 Protective covers for every make, and model, plus insulated engine covers. Bruce's Custom Covers, Morgan Hill, CA, (800) 777-6405, (408) 738-3959, aircraftcovers.com. 10/19 See what you are missing with new models from Rosen Sunvisor Systems. rosenvisor.com, (800) 284-7677.7/20 Apparel as unique as your journey. Discounts to members. AOPA Pilot Gear, aopapilotgear.com. 9/21 InPhones with pilot keypad. Convenience & versatility at one low price! Only $199/year. (650) 504-8549, (408) 2340045. 10/21 The World's Best CREEPER, adjustableheights. aerocreeper.com. 4/22 Mountain Bike, Full-size, pilot-friendly, rugged. FLATBIKE, flatbike.com.10/18

AVIATION RESOURCES

Emergency services, group trips, consulting services. BizAvJets, Inc., Business Aviation Services, bizavjets. com, (702) 465-2027. 10/20 Make the most of your business aircraft ownership with our Management Services. Thoroughbred Aviation, thoroughbredaviation.com. 10/20 Wherever business takes you. Navigate It. (575) 615-2091, vatit.com. 10/21 Scheduling Software that connects to your flight department. Simple, affordable. airplanemanager.com. 9/22

SERVICES

Divorce-Paternity Cases. Contact Lawyers for Men's Rights, (213) 3848886, www.mensrightslawyers.com. Offices of Stuart J. Faber. 4/10 Aero & Marine Tax Pros Legally avoid sales tax on your aircraft purchase. In El Grove, CA, (916) 691-9192, aeromarinetaxpros.com. 18500:TFN Left Seat Pilot Medical Solutions. A confidential solution for pilot medical certification. Free FAA medical consultations. Left Seat, (800) 699-4457. 1/21 Global Aircraft Group. USPAP bank values for all aircraft, aircraft management, insurance claims & certified aircraft appraisals. Mark Parry, (855) 6GBL- AIR, (413) 335-7507. 4/22

HANGARS/TIEDOWNS

One-piece doors. Hydraulic or bifold. Schweissdoors.com, (800) 746-8273.1/15 Aviation Building Systems, custom designed hangars. R&M Steel Co., Caldwell, ID, (208) 454-1800, aviationbuildingsystem. com, (866) 454-1800. 51217:TFN

HOMES/AIRPARKS

Airpark Lots for Sale Hawks Landing (7.62 acres); Duchy Airpark (four lots in gated community); Myrtle Beach Hardee Airpark (lots from 1 acre to 1.74 arcres. Carolina Airparks, Geneva Allen, (704) 798-5214, carolinaairparks@ gmail.com. 8/22 A Pilot's Paradise—Valley Airport Private airstrip in the Ozark Mountains on banks of White River. Custom 3BR, 3BA home, office and hangar/ workshop, $749,999. Leo and Dianne Doughty, Cotter, AR. Contact Ray (870) 421-7193 to show. 9/22

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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FLYING CLUBS/GROUPS

Join thousands of aviation enthusasts worldwide. American Aviation Historical Society, aahs-online.org. 3/21 West Valley Flying Club, San Francisco Bay Area. Palo Alto (650) 856-2030, San Carlos (650) 595-5912, www.wvfc.org.

ART/VIDEOS/GIFTS

Specializing in aviation photography. horizontalrain.com. 1/15 Custom nose art & handpainted art pieces. on leather, metal or vinyl. Victory Girl, (909) 297-6688, victorygirl.com.2/19 Need a gift? Give a ride in an open cockpit biplane. WACO Air Museum, Troy, Ohio, wacoairmuseum.org, (937) 335-9226. 20601:TFN Fly By Wire Air, a one-stop site for aviators. flybywireair.com. 4/21 "Flying Boat" poster, limited edition. Signed & framed. FlyingBoatFilm.com. 10/21 Aces High Aviation & Military Art. (800) 528-0887, aceshighgallery.com.10/21

PUBLICATIONS

Avionics Checklists & Quick Reference gudes. Available in book, card & new iPad editions. qref.com or from your favorite supply shop. 8/14 40th Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Program, featuring photography from NASA archives. QuartoKnows.com.5/21 SEAK, Expert Witness Directory, by Bert Botta for aviation accidents and incidents. (415) 320-9811, bert@ bertbotta.com, bertbotta.com. 4/22

HELP WANTED

IN FLIGHT USA, the leading source of general aviation news, seeks writers and photographers to cover all aspects of aviation. Send an SASE for writer’s guidelines to: In Flight USA, P.O. Box 5402, San Mateo, CA 94402. TFN Oakland Aviation Museum, CA, is recruiting volunteers. Oakland, CA, (510) 638-7100, oaklandaviationmuseum.org. 6/21

PILOT POSITION WANTED

SoCal pilot, experienced in aircraft design/flight test/aerospace industry. Willi travel as needed (and for repositioning). Contact Paul at (562) 714-6686 or ptglessner@aol.com. 17400:TFN

MUSEUMS

Rowland Freedom Center Vacaville, CA, (707) 449-3402 rowlandfreedomcenter.org

Castle Air Museum World's largest static display of vintage military aircraft from late 1930s. Atwater, CA, (209) 723-2178 castleairmuseum.org

Oakland Aviation Museum Oakland, CA, (510) 638-7100 oaklandaviationmuseum.org

Golden Age Air Museum Grimes Airfield, Bethel, PA (717) 933-9566, goldenageair.org

Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino, CA, (909) 597-3722 planesoffame.org

Hiller Aviation Museum San Carlos Airport, CA (650) 654-0200, hiller.org

American Helicopter Museum West Chester, PA, (610) 436-9600 americanhelicopter.museum

Pacific Coast Air Museum Santa Rosa, CA, (707) 575-7900 pacificcoastairmuseum.org

Palm Springs Air Museum Palm Springs, CA (760)778-6262, psam.org

Wings of History Aviation Museum San Martin, CA, (408) 683-2290 wingsofhistory.org

Wings of Honor Museum Walnut Ridge, AR, (800) 584-5575 wingsofhonor.org

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Aircraft Review: Zenair CH750 Super Duty STOL

The huge high-wing is designed for low-speed STOL, the primary mission of the Senior CH 750. (Ed Wischmeyer)

Left: Getting in the Zenair is relatively easy, especially since there are no obstacles to your legs with the center control stick. (Ed Wischmeyer)

Below: Like its predecessors, the STOL CH 750 offers extraordinary STOL performance . (Ed Wischmeyer) Above: Zenith is always working to make their kits easier to build and the CH 750 is the easiest yet. (Ed Wischmeyer)

Right:The optional UnPanel Display is a re-positionable glass panel that replaces the traditional instrument panel. (Ed Wischmeyer)

The Sensenich Propeller is adjustable for maximum takeoff performance. (Ed Wischmeyer)

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that big of a deal. Sure, you have to fuss with radios and such, but 99 percent of the customers decline the option for dual control sticks, he said. The dual sticks have more linkage and such, detracting from the feel. The rudders and the surprisingly smooth elevator are cable actuated.

With the big screen, there is no panel for the throttle to mount to. On this plane, it was on the pilot’s (my) left in a bent, rectangular tube, adjustable for height above the cockpit floor. Worked just fine, although Dubbert occasionally had to reach across me as there was no throttle on his side.

Those flaperons are a bit different from what I expected. Full deflection is only 15-degrees, and takeoff is with half that. Then again, on some airplanes with flaperons, roll response decreases markedly with deflections of 40-degrees or so.

With all this power, takeoff procedure is a bit different. Start with the stick mostly back, add a bunch of power and then add the rest very shortly thereafter. Liftoff was smooth and undramatic and we had a gentle deck angle rather than a showoff steep climb. But we were off quickly, no doubt about it.

What’s surprising is that the ailerons and elevator are smooth and light, pretty wonderful. The rudder and yaw characteristics are typical of an airplane with a square aft fuselage and no vertical fin. It takes concentration and practice to keep the ball centered – which I could not do easily without more practice – and the skittish electronic skid ball didn’t help.

Typical of square fuselage airplanes, when I pulsed the rudder, the plane yawed 20-degrees to the left and the skid ball did not return to center, having found greener pastures at the end of the tube. The plane continued a slow turn with the skid ball out. Some square fuselage planes show this characteristic, even with a vertical fin, which the Super Duty does not have – only a small dorsal fin.

Up and away, various turns and Dutch rolls and such were all easy and fun, especially ignoring the skid ball. Dubbert said that the Super Duty doesn’t feel uncoordinated with the ball out, and I glommed onto that excuse for my sloppiness.

A 360-degree turn was easy, with the skid ball off somewhere on its own and me blissfully ignoring it. Practice, me boy, practice.

Slow flight was unexciting, lots of buffeting, no tendency for a stall break, and good roll control. There was a little bit of wing rock, easily controlled with aileron and rudder.

Coming back to the pattern, we stayed at cruise power – not all that fast, remember – till about time to turn base. The nose is very low in cruise, and I’m not sure that I ever got the speed to the desired 55-60 mph. Dubbert told me several times to lower the nose on base and final, leading to speed increases.

Dubbert says that most accidents in Zenith airplanes come from flaring too high and hard landings doing a mischief to the nosewheel strut. I didn’t do that, but with the unfamiliar sight picture and cues, my touchdown was definite. Like many airplanes, the Super Duty elevators are more sensitive in the flare.

Market acceptance is good. The factory cranks out a kit per day, pre-drilled, requiring only minimal deburring. The current project is making the CH701 kit matched hole, meaning no drilling, just cleco and rivet.

There are two CNC machines making sheet metal parts, and in another part of the factory, a worker welds the aluminum fuel tanks. Not immediately obvious is that the corners of the fuselage are custom extrusions.

The factory backlog stretches into next year, and I can see why. The Super Duty is surprisingly fun to fly and will richly reward those who master its full capabilities.

For more information: https://zenith air.net/introduction-ch-750-super-duty/ .