The latest on 5Y-CMA...

 ...sorry for the long overdue blog post.  Things have been a bit crazy around here in the hangar and just in Nairobi in general.  We have been working on all sorts of things, inspections here and inspections there.  We would get a couple days to work on CMA, then back to something else "more important."  I snapped a few pictures here and there as we worked, so I'm FINALLY being able to post some pictures of what we've been doing.  I will try to keep it going in the future!  I'm sure you, my loyal blog followers, have been wondering what the heck Nate's been doing to not update his blog!  Well, busy busy is the name of the game around here, so please forgive my negligence.  Please enjoy some progress below...

 This was a day sometime a week or so ago, where we had a lot of guys working on the airplane.  The guys at the tail were installing the abrasion boots on the horizontal stabilizer.  Pete's up there installing the cargo pod, and Aaron was working on engine wiring. 

 A shot from the front...

 Aaron doing some wiring for the JPI EDM-930 engine monitor.  Doesn't he just look thrilled. 

 Pete got the cargo pod all installed, which was great!  It is definitely a very visual sign of progress. 

 Lookin' good!  We're getting closer...

 ...and closer means that you have to put on stickers! 

 Aaron did a good job with the AIM Air logos on the tail. 

 Very nice. 

 The guys also reinstalled the wing tip fuel tanks.  They are simply the old ones repainted.  There was nothing that required us to get new ones, but they ended up looking new with that snazzy paint. 

 Marko likes hamming it up for the camera. 

 

 I've been slowly working on getting the new plastic interior installed whenever I get the chance.  It's been coming along pretty nicely. 

 The big panel down the co-pilot side.  The side plastics are courtesy of Vantage Plane Plastics. 

 How the inside looks today...the work is progressing...

Rest time...all the guys like to sit outside during lunch and discuss the latest topics.  For all your aviation junkies out there, there's a few items of interest in this picture.  First, see the two Delta Connection tails on the back left; those are a couple of CRJs that made there way over here, owned by FLY540.  Second, that Cessna 206 next to the blue F27 is from Ethiopia!  It is ET-ALF, operated by Abyssinian Flight Services.  I saw this plane when I was in Addis back in March.