Zenith Aircraft Homecoming: September 20 & 21, 2024, Mexico, Missouri

Join us for the 2024 Zenith Homecoming on September 20 and 21 at the newly expanded Zenith kit aircraft factory in Mexico, Missouri!
2024 Homecoming event details: bit.ly/zen24-h...
Zenith Aircraft Company will be hosting its 33rd annual Zenith Homecoming / Open Hangar Days & Fly-In this September 20 & 21 at its recently expanded kit aircraft factory at the Mexico Memorial Airport in Mexico, Missouri.
The annual fly-in event is a homecoming for Zenith Aircraft customers from across the
U.S., with many Zenith customers flying in to Mexico, Missouri, with their completed Zenith kit aircraft (whose parts were built at the Zenith factory in Mexico). The Open Hangar Day & Fly-In events include two full days of activities, including educational aviation seminars and workshops, an aircraft show, contests, social activities, as well as a Zenith BBQ banquet dinner on Friday evening, and a dinner with awards presentations on Saturday. Factory tours of the newly expanded kit aircraft factory, aircraft building and flying demonstrations, and other activities are planned for visitors.
On the first day (Friday, September 20th) educational seminars begin in the morning and take place throughout the day featuring various airframe (the aircraft fuselage, wings and tail), engine, avionics seminars, with suppliers like Dynon and Garmin avionics, Corvair and Viking auto engine conversions, and more participating. The knowledge gained from these educational seminars gives the individual aircraft kit builders an opportunity to learn more about the choices they have in building and finishing their own aircraft. Charlie Becker, EAA’s Director of Chapters & Homebuilt Community Manager, will speak about government issues affect sport aircraft owners and builders, including MOSAIC, task based phase 1 flight testing, LODA, Basic Med and fuel issues. There will be additional seminars on flight safety (transition training and first flight preparedness) and representatives from the insurance industry, and more. Friday’s activities conclude with the popular Zenith Aircraft customer BBQ banquet, held outdoors in front of the Zenith Aircraft factory with the planes (weather permitting), with special guest speakers and entertainment.
Saturday's schedule is packed full of activities including:
• Tours of the recently expanded Zenith Aircraft kit production facilities,
• Zenith aircraft show, judged by the public with many categories and prizes,
• Seminars on Zenith aircraft kit construction and maintenance,
• STOL and other flying demonstrations at the airport
• Dinner and awards ceremony starting at 4:30 pm
• And great camaraderie with lots of hangar talk and food!
There will also be hands-on building projects in the factory, Zenith Aircraft presentations, as
well as representation from more than a dozen vendors (avionics, engines, insurance, etc.).
The Zenith Aircraft Homecoming is a popular annual event for Zenith customers
and aviation enthusiasts to fly-in and visit the factory at the Mexico Memorial Airport in central Missouri.
For more than thirty years Zenith Aircraft Company has been manufacturing easy to build and fun to fly aircraft kits designed by aeronautical engineer Chris Heintz. Zenith Aircraft continues to be the number one brand of light sport aircraft in the United States, based on actual FAA registrations numbers. Zenith Aircraft produces kit aircraft for the DIY (do-it-yourself) sport aviation market, with superb short take-off and landing capabilities demonstrated by the STOL CH 701 and STOL CH 750 models, as well as economical two-seat cross-country cruisers.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the low-wing Zenith CH 600-series first introduced in 1984 by designer Chris Heintz, and now represented by the Zenith CH 650 model.
The annual Zenith Open Hangar Days have proven to be a great way for Zenith Aircraft’s customers to meet with each other to share their love of building and flying, and to get to know the factory staff, while also learning about building, maintaining and flying their airplanes. While area hotels sell out well in advance of the event, there will also be free camping available at the Mexico airport.
Thank you to everyone who visited, participated and helped out at the annual Zenith Aircraft Homecoming (on September 15 & 16, 2023). Once again we had a fantastic event with two full days of educational and fun activities at the Zenith kit factory in Mexico, Missouri.
Follow-up report with more photos and videos of the 2023 event: conta.cc/3Zp7Jer
Photos from the 2023 event: bit.ly/2023hom...
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Thanks to Carson Stilson / Wairworthy for putting together this video of the 2023 Homecoming!

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Nice video. I enjoy the Homecoming so much I bid my annual vacation around the event now!

[@zenithac]

Check out the video from Mark Pensenstadler of the Zenith Homecoming: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZTNoWSsgMyNqrssi=WCBFNtecYaQuDzIi&t=404

[@clintgosch2306]

Already making plans to attend next year! Thanks for putting together another great event!

[@WillysPerformanceCycleCtr]

Another great homecoming! The people and employees are all fun to be around and enjoy the experience. Thanks for sharing this annual event! Can’t wait till next year… 👍🏻🇺🇸