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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: The Zenith Gathering at Winchester on September is On! |
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Mark your calendars :
� The Zenith Gathering at the EAA Chapter 186 Flyin at Winchester Virginia on September 22nd and 23rd is on!
� Recently there have been several mentions of organizing Zenith gatherings in the Zenith Newsletter and on the Matronics Zenith email list. Here in the United States Mid-Atlantic area (NC, VA, WVA, MD, PA, NJ, DE) we have a lot of Zenith enthusiasts. I have always wanted to find a way to bring together more than the few Zenith/Zenair planes I might see at Oshkosh or Sun-N-Fun. Informal gatherings at Sentimental Journey in Lock Haven Pennsylvania have been just a taste of what I'd like to see. It will be an event within an event. As part of the EAA event, we will be able to utilize the EAA flyin facilities. A pancake breakfast, lunch trailer, car show, Young Eagles, necessary facilities, and other activities are all traditional aspects of the Winchester flyin. This year, a Berlin Airlift C-54 will be part of the Flyin. I am making arrangements for a large Zenith/Zenair tent with plenty of room for hangar flying, a building display or demonstration, whatever literature and goods I can gather, and a continuous video show like that seen at the Builder's Dinner at Robbin's in Oshkosh. Next to it we will have a reserved space high on the airport grounds to tie down and show off whatever number of Zenith aircraft I can entice to fly in. And we will have an eating event! Other details will follow! This will be a social and educational aviation event and a chance to have a good time with others interested in Zenith aircraft.
� The EAA Chapter 186 Fall Flyin and Cruisin is held at the Winchester, Virginia Regional airport (OKV). OKV is located just west of Washington DC outside of the Class B airspace, away from Camp David, and outside the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). The Winchester airport is just off Interstate 81 at Route 50 for those that are driving. Plenty of hotels are available for those that would like to stay overnight. The area itself is a tourist destination for the Apple Festival, numerous nearby natural caverns, Skyline Drive, the Charlestown Race Track, historic Harper's Ferry, civil war battlefields, Sky Bryce Resort, and other attractions. Flying in the area exposes a bonanza of exciting scenery.
I am please to say that the response has been great. I have enough aircraft flying in that we might be able to assemble a small fleet of Zenith aircraft. And lots of builders that will help. So mark your calendars and watch the Zenith List and the Zenair Newsletter for further developments are the date gets nearer. I am hoping to see and meet everyone of you!
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� Jeff Davidson
� Email: zenithgathering(at)earthlink.net (zenithgathering(at)earthlink.net)
� Phone: 703-471-1153
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