The Mission:

I am building an airplane. I really can't tell you how weird it sounds to me to hear those words in my head as I type. I am keeping this blog as an adjunct to my written log, which is required to comply with FAA requirements for Experimental Aircraft construction. My son Doug is my partner in this project. There are two goals: to build the best, safest, and yes, COOLEST, airplane we can, and to allow Doug to acquire some truly awesome experiences, not to mention building skills. Thanks for viewing.



How to use this blog

The most current post is displayed on this opening page. To access the older posts, click on the "Blog Archive" on the right hand side. The drop down menu is arranged by the month and lists the posts, by title and by date posted, in reverse chronological order.

I will arrange the hypertext links to other websites I find interesting better some day, but they are at the bottom.

If you navigate to my first post, there is a link to my luthiery pages. I miss working with wood. Aluminum is nice, but it's boring. Give me a highly figured maple any day!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

The wings are here!!!

One of two boxes, opened to inventory

Doug begins machine countersinking the main spar for the attach plates

Using the "main squeeze" to set rivets

Modeling the Embry Riddle hoodie he got from our friend Ryan

A view down the main spar at the attach plates, riveted

Fabricating the tie-down assembly

Trimmed the rear spar doubler plate
I drove up to Aurora, Oregon, to Van's Aircraft, and picked up my wing kit on Wednesday.  I didn't get a chance to do much until this weekend, but here are a few shots of the progress.  Thanks to my friends, Tom and Ryan for helping me unload the kit out of the truck.  Over 300 pounds for each of the two crates.  I could not have done that by myself.
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