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Student-Built Zenith CH750 Cruzer Completes First Flight

Sun n’ Fun Aerospace Expo aircraft maintenance manager Andy Ovans takes the student-built Zenith CH750 Cruzer for its first flight. Ron Stiltner
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Key Takeaways:

  • Students from the Central Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA) successfully completed the build of a Zenith 750 Cruzer kit airplane, which made its first flight in July 2021.
  • Built in partnership with Able Flight, the aircraft is specially equipped with custom hand controls and a modified cockpit to teach individuals with limited leg use how to fly.
  • The project involved 15-20 students over more than 2,000 build hours, providing significant hands-on experience and inspiring participants towards careers in aerospace.
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Students from the Central Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA) have completed the build of a Zenith 750 Cruzer kit airplane, with the finished project successfully making its first flight in late July 2021.

Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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