John:
Just wanted to comment on your plane. Those Zenith 601XL's are great looking planes.
A pilot (actually an ex-airline pilot) at my small airport recently finished one. Fire engine red. Beautiful plane. Has the Garmin Glass Panel and a 296 GPS.
Unfortunately, I think he has sold it. He told me that he really enjoys building them more than flying them. With me it would be the other way 'round with a plane like THAT!
He and his buddy took off for a Zenith Owners Fly-In about three weeks ago. His buddy's plane, an STOL 801, came back but I have not seen Frank's 601XL since it left for the Fly-In...
I was getting up the nerve to ask him for a ride, too.
Oh, well...
I was considering building a Harmon Rocket in my retirement years, but it would have been too costly and I probably would have done something bad to myself or the plane when I tried to fly her for the first time.
So I settled for a C-150 instead.
