Zenith 701 project

Zenith 701 Project: Zenith701 donated by Kurt Colvin
Zenith701 donated by Kurt Colvin
Zenith 701 N838CP
This aircraft has been the current HAWK build project for about 2 years, and is nearing completion. Project Manager Pat Wheling (retired career pilot with NOAA) has begun discussions with a DAR(Designated Airworthiness Representative) from Denver regarding paperwork and documentation for this project with multiple builders in its history. It came to HAWK after initial assembly by students of the Aeronautical Engineering Dept at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. HAWK has changed the motor from a Continental to a Rotax, and repaired transport damage to one wing and the tail, and modified the fuel tanks and flight controls and finished a myriad of items for completion. With its Dedalus gravity-slat STOL wings, it will be a fun plane to fly when finished, perhaps by year-end.

Zenith701 packed for trip from CA to CO
Zenith701 packed for trip from CA to CO
Zenith701 trailer blew over while parked
Zenith701 trailer blew over while parked
Zenith701 trailer safe at the Mack airport
Zenith701 trailer safe at the Mack airport
Aiden with the Zenith 701 Courtesy & © John Caldwell
Aiden with the Zenith 701
Courtesy & © John Caldwell
Bruce Erickson and Youth Member Britton H Taxi the Zenith 701 for the first time. Pat Wehling has put in countless hours managing this project. Courtesy Bruce Erickson, Tim Allen, Photographer
Bruce Erickson and Youth Member Britton H Taxi the Zenith 701 for the first time.
Pat Wehling has put in countless hours managing this project.
Courtesy Bruce Erickson, Tim Allen, Photographer
Bruce Erickson and Youth Member Britton H Taxi the Zenith 701 for the first time. Pat Wehling has put in countless hours managing this project. Courtesy Bruce Erickson, Tim Allen, Photographer
Bruce Erickson and Youth Member Britton H Taxi the Zenith 701 for the first time.
Pat Wehling has put in countless hours managing this project.
Courtesy Bruce Erickson, Tim Allen, Photographer