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Corvair College #28, Feb 2014 in Texas.
Builders.. Although it may sound far off, it is less than 6 full months away. Kevin Purtee and Shelley Tumino are the local hosts, (the same people who hosted CC#22.) The even is well in the works,...
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Sunday, a long day at the airport.
Builders, Before any major airshow or a college we end up working a lot of hours in preparation. With our departure for CC#26 and the Zenith open house just 7.5 days away, things are in high gear here....
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Larry Hudson, Master Upholsterer, parts and core for sale
Builders: We have just returned from a very successful CC#26 and Zenith open house. It was a great time, and over the next few nights I am going to write up all of the stories and moments from the...
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26 Days until Corvair College #27′s registration closes.
Builders, Before we get into the coverage of CC#26, I need to point out that we are just 26 days away from the closing of Corvair College #27 registration. The link for signing up is below. If you know...
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Last call on crank processing before CC#27.
Builders; I spoke with Dan and Rachel tonight, and they pointed out that this next week is the cut off for getting your core crank to them so they can process it before CC#27. I picked up several at...
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Bob Barrows to Fly LSA Bearhawk to CC #27, Barnwell, S.C., Nov. 2013
Builders: Bob Barrows, noted designer of the Bearhawk series of aircraft, is planning on attending CC #27 on Veteran’s Day Weekend in November 2013 in Barnwell, S.C. I spoke with Bob on the phone...
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College engine build options for closing the case
Builders: Back in January I wrote a 20 part series on getting started in engine building. The first milestone that builders are working for is closing the case. In the new numbering system, this covers...
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Zenith 601XL Builder Woody Harris at Copper state flyin.
Builders, Above, the 601XL of Woody Harris. It has flown all over the country on a 2,850. Note that Woody is from northern California and the photo above is at Kitty Hawk NC. For our friends out west,...
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2011 Outlook and Philosophy
Builders: I wrote the following words on our traditional website in January 2011. I am reprinting them here because I want to have them as a stand alone story that I can link to, and because I think...
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Zenith 750 / Corvair reference page, October 2013
Builders, Here is a single location page that has a great number of links to information specific to the Zenith 750 / William Wynne-Corvair Combination. It is a particularly good match, we have a...
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Airframe specific refrence pages.
Builders, Yesterday’s Zenith 750 reference post is the first of a half dozen I am going to do over the next few weeks. The others will probably include the 601/650, Pietenpols, Cleanexes and KR’s. I...
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16 Flying Corvair powered Zenith 601/ 650s
Builders, One of the most read stories I have put here is this one: Pietenpol review in pictures, 15 more Corvair powered Piets. Over the last months, it has had several thousand page reads. While I am...
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Zenith 601/650 – Corvair reference page November 2013
Builders, Here is a single location page that has a great number of links to information specific to the Zenith 601/650 / William Wynne-Corvair Combination. It is a particularly good match, we have a...
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Information on Flycorvair.com
Builders, To complete the trio of Zenith reference pages, I was working in the middle of last night to put together the one for the 701. We bought our 701 kit in the spring of 2006, flew it in 2007,...
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Zenith 701- Corvair reference page, November 2013
Builders, Here is a single location page that has number of links to information specific to the Zenith 701 / William Wynne-Corvair Combination. In brief, we flew the combination in 2007, and it does...
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On the Way to Corvair College #27
Builders, We are in the last 12 hours of prep before we head to CC#27. We will be driving away on Thursday, arriving at Barnwell in the evening for the College start on Friday morning. Our plan is to...
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Corvair College #27 run on film
Builders, “Cleanex” (Corvair-Sonex) builder Amit Ganjoo sent us a you tube link of his 3,000cc/ Dan bearing engine running on our stand at CC#27: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjlcJN7VDHo Amit started...
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Getting Started Reference page
Builders, Below are links you can click on in sequence that follow through a detailed series I wrote on Getting Started in Corvair building. They are detailed and long, but successful builders tend to...
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One hour, four years ago.
Builders, Four years ago today I wrote a story about a single hour that had passed the day before at our airport. Most hours go by in your life with little or no memory, others stay with you vividly. I...
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Corvair power for Panther and Sonex reference page
Builders, I have collected in this one story a complete overview of the Corvair power option for builders considering or working on the SPA Panther kit aircraft and Sonex airframes. These two aircraft...
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