Zenair Ltd is a kit aircraft

Homebuilt aircraft

Also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, homebuilt aircraft are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch," from plans, or from assembly kits.-Overview:...

 producer founded by aeronautical engineer Chris Heintz.

The company was founded in 1974 when Heintz started to manufacture Zenith kits from his two-car garage. Heintz has introduced more than twelve kit aircraft designs. In 1992, Heintz licensed the kit manufacturing and marketing rights to Zenith Aircraft Company

Zenith Aircraft Company

Zenith Aircraft Company is in the exclusive business of designing, developing and manufacturing kit aircraft. The independent, privately owned company was formed in 1992 in Mexico, Missouri, centrally located in the United States, and is based in 20,000+ sq.ft. production facilities at Mexico...

 for the STOL CH 701 and the ZODIAC CH 601

AMD Zodiac

The Zodiac is a family of Canadian all-metal, two-seat, fixed landing gear airplanes that first flew in 1984. The aircraft have been produced as kits and completed aircraft by Zenair in Canada and Zenith Aircraft Company in the USA....

 designs, and has developed the new STOL CH 801 and the new ZODIAC XL for Zenith Aircraft Company.

In 1996, Chris Heintz and Zenair Ltd. obtained FAA type-certification for the Zenith CH 2000

AMD Alarus

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, a two-seat low-wing aircraft based on his kit aircraft designs. Aircraft Manufacturing and Design (AMD) manufactures this aircraft as the AMD Alarus CH 2000. AMD also produces the CH 601 XL as a Light-sport aircraft

Light-sport Aircraft

A Light-sport aircraft, also known as light sport aircraft or LSA, is a small aircraft that is simple to fly and which meets certain regulations set by a National aviation authority restricting weight and performance...

 (LSA).

Aircraft

• Zenair Cricket - Kit
• Zenair Zipper
  Zenair Zipper
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• Zenair Zipper II
• Zenair CH 50 Mini Z
• Zenair CH 100
  Zenair CH 100
  |-See also:-References:*Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976-77. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0 354 00538 3.*Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1982. ISBN 0 7106-0748-2....
  
   Mono-Z
• Zenair CH 150
  Zenair CH 150
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   Acro-Z
• Zenair CH 180 Super Acro-Z
• Zenair CH 200
  Zenair CH 200
  |-See also:-References:*Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Second edition. Stroud, UK:Sutton Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0-7509-3981-8....
  
  
• Zenair CH 250
• Zenair CH 300
  Zenair CH 300
  |-See also:-References:*Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976-77. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0 354 00538 3.*Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1982. ISBN 0 7106-0748-2....
  
  
• Zenair CH 300 Tri-Z
• Zenith CH 400
• Zenith CH 600
• Zenith CH 601
• Zenith CH 620 Gemini
• Zenair CH 640
• Zenair CH 650
• Zenith STOL CH 701
• Zenith STOL CH 750
• Zenith STOL CH 801
  Zenith STOL CH 801
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• Zenith CH 2000 Alarus
• Zenith Aluminum Floats - started 1978