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Picture of the Day: Maiden flight

By General Aviation News Staff · March 22, 2022 ·

Darrin Towers submitted this photo and note: “Maiden flight of my Zenith CH 750 STOL. Two and a half years after starting the build I watched from a chase plane as the test pilot took it up. There were no bad tendencies, so after that 30-minute flight I took it up for a couple of laps around the pattern. Most exciting flight since my first solo.”

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Comments

  1. Gonzalez Reyes says

    March 24, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    Well done you rock you he sky

  2. don catchpole says

    March 23, 2022 at 8:49 pm

    Nice Bid, Well done. Congrats

  3. J D says

    March 23, 2022 at 2:30 pm

    So impressive that people are still building and taking the time to complete something like this. In this day of instant gratification and cell phones. Congratulations to Darrin. Keep flying and inspiring.

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