This week was full of big pieces of the airplane coming together. It was also full of comments like, "Hey, it's finally starting to look like an airplane." I didn't really understand that one...I always thought it looked like an airplane, just in pieces.
Anyway, we got a lot of work done this week and hope to next week as well.
The end is drawing near...
David doing some avionics work in the cockpit. He's been dutifully tying up all the spaghetti strings into reasonable wire bundles. He probably has the most tedious and detailed job when doing a big overhaul like this. More power to him...
Me putting vortex generators on the bottom of the horizontal stabilizer. They also went on the wings and the vertical stabilizer. Obviously this is not the best position to be working in, but the vortex generator kit did not arrive until after things were painted and installed. Well, they were installed on the wings before painting, but not the tail surfaces. Oh, well; next time we're doing it the easier, better way.
Check it out - wing installation!
A one-winged bird.
Caleb was busy multi-tasking during wing installation.
Here's the hangar on an average day at AIM AIR. 5y-BLG is the Cessna 210 on the far side of the hangar near the door. 5Y-SIL is the Cessna 206 in the foreground. It is based up in Loki. N827DG is in the middle, getting the left wing installed. N341EA is the Cessna 185 floatplane hanging from the ceiling behind N827DG. It is based over on Lake Victoria. Tucked back behind N341EA in the corner is N4790U. It's not getting much work done with it because the focus now is on 7DG. Soon enough, though. Oh, and outside is 5Y-XPA, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans. Sorry the picture is a little blurry.
Installing Flint wing tip tanks. This mod allows for a higher fuel load, which is always nice. There are so many little things we learned on this installation that we will utilize on the wings for N4790U. Brandon, someone screwed up our nutplates in the trailing edge. Nuts.
Timothy putting the static wicks on the ailerons.
As far as a good comprehensive update, lots has been accomplished and will be done this week. The following items were installed this past week: wings, wing tips, ailerons, flaps, and vortex generators on the tail. The cargo pods for both planes were painted grey and lots of inspection panels and other small things were painted white. Avionics work continued and some good progress was made.
This next week holds a lot of work in the shop. The DC-3 and one of the Caravans have major inspections. PT6 class begins on Thursday, and I will be attending that for a week. In the meantime, we're going to be finishing work on the floatplane and continuing to press hard on 7DG so that we can bring it to a close in the near future.
Soon enough, we'll be doing engine runs and flight tests.
Keep us all in your prayers as we're working hard in the hangar here at AIM AIR. Pray that safety is in the forefront and all attitudes are honoring to the Lord.
Thanks!
Anyway, we got a lot of work done this week and hope to next week as well.
The end is drawing near...
David doing some avionics work in the cockpit. He's been dutifully tying up all the spaghetti strings into reasonable wire bundles. He probably has the most tedious and detailed job when doing a big overhaul like this. More power to him...
Me putting vortex generators on the bottom of the horizontal stabilizer. They also went on the wings and the vertical stabilizer. Obviously this is not the best position to be working in, but the vortex generator kit did not arrive until after things were painted and installed. Well, they were installed on the wings before painting, but not the tail surfaces. Oh, well; next time we're doing it the easier, better way. 
Check it out - wing installation! 
A one-winged bird. 
Caleb was busy multi-tasking during wing installation. 
Here's the hangar on an average day at AIM AIR. 5y-BLG is the Cessna 210 on the far side of the hangar near the door. 5Y-SIL is the Cessna 206 in the foreground. It is based up in Loki. N827DG is in the middle, getting the left wing installed. N341EA is the Cessna 185 floatplane hanging from the ceiling behind N827DG. It is based over on Lake Victoria. Tucked back behind N341EA in the corner is N4790U. It's not getting much work done with it because the focus now is on 7DG. Soon enough, though. Oh, and outside is 5Y-XPA, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans. Sorry the picture is a little blurry. 
Installing Flint wing tip tanks. This mod allows for a higher fuel load, which is always nice. There are so many little things we learned on this installation that we will utilize on the wings for N4790U. Brandon, someone screwed up our nutplates in the trailing edge. Nuts. 
Timothy putting the static wicks on the ailerons. As far as a good comprehensive update, lots has been accomplished and will be done this week. The following items were installed this past week: wings, wing tips, ailerons, flaps, and vortex generators on the tail. The cargo pods for both planes were painted grey and lots of inspection panels and other small things were painted white. Avionics work continued and some good progress was made.
This next week holds a lot of work in the shop. The DC-3 and one of the Caravans have major inspections. PT6 class begins on Thursday, and I will be attending that for a week. In the meantime, we're going to be finishing work on the floatplane and continuing to press hard on 7DG so that we can bring it to a close in the near future.
Soon enough, we'll be doing engine runs and flight tests.
Keep us all in your prayers as we're working hard in the hangar here at AIM AIR. Pray that safety is in the forefront and all attitudes are honoring to the Lord.
Thanks!
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