The next steps completed were to bond in the nut plates, which are like nuts for bolts, but glued in place. These went in twelve locations, and a portion of them are shown above. The bonding is done...
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You’ve heard the saying that bad news travels fast. There’s some truth to this. But I would argue that what travels even faster is news of someone doing something truly exceptional and making a...
America has many beautiful national parks. Unfortunately, they are spread all over the country and if you want to visit them, you have to be prepared for a very long drive or spend thousands of...
We placed the bottom spar bracket into position (above), and using several clamps to ensure the lower skin was held in place in the the wing jig (metal fixture for wing construction), we then put...
Organ Mountains at Sunrise We live in the southern part of New Mexico. New Mexico is a large state to explore by car (425 miles long by 400 miles wide). To any corner of the state it is a full...
Business is an interesting game. It’s sort of like sports. There are teams who compete and the winner gets the prize. Sometimes, the business world looks like a pretty tough neighborhood. What...
After finishing the left wing, progress on the right wing has been going well. The skins were fitted to the jig, and then checked against the molds for correct trimming of the edges. We made...