FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 26, 2007

Contact: John Degonia, AMD sales manager

AMD

Phone: 478-374-2759, 478-951-2905 (cell)

New Structural load tests on the Zodiac XL

AMD of Eastman GA in partnership with Chris Heintz, designer of the Zodiac XL, recently completed a new set of structural load tests. In this series of tests, the XL airframe (wings fuselage and stabilator) were taken to Ultimate load in the negative g's. Tests were approved and witnessed by an independent structural engineer.

Built tough! Zenith Aircraft has a Zodiac XL factory demonstrator (N9601Z) which has logged over 1,000 hours (The airframe is identical to the AMD Zodiac XL). The aircraft has crisscrossed the United States dozens of times through all kinds of conditions. Zenith flies well over 300 demo flights per year in this aircraft; that's over 1,800 passengers over the last 6 years. Additionally, over 15,000 people have taken a seat in this aircraft over the years at different shows and fly-ins, as well as at the factory. The plane flies as well today as it did when it was new. It is estimated that more than 1,000 XLs are flying around the world.

The Zodiac is ideally suited for the S-LSA category. Like the venerable Cessna-150, it is all-metal and uses the very popular Continental 0-200 (100 HP) engine.

For more information on the factory-built Zodiac XL aircraft or AMD, contact John Degonia by phone at 478-374-2759 or by e-mail at info@newplane.com. You can also visit the company website at www.newplane.com

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For more test photo's please see: http://zenithair.com/zodiac/6-photo-testing.html