Sun N Fun 2012

Getting judged at Sun N Fun

Sun N Fun 2012

Waiting for fog to lift for departure to Lakeland Florida.

Family flight to Pittsburgh.

Sun N Fun

Looking forward to taking NC81243 to Sun N Fun this year with the family. If all goes as planned we will be there for the week. Can't wait!

I will try to keep this blog updated with photos of the trip and event. Stay tuned...

Some new electronics for the Fairchild.

Trade a Plane cover

My Fairchild made the cover of Trade a Plane this month. http://www.trade-a-plane.com/coverphotos

Test Flight landing

Test Flight

Sitting pretty on the Ramp

We test ran the engine for the first time. Started right up. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI_jcd_Cgpw

Fitting end caps

New tread plate installed

Making new tread plates

Door Skins

I started making the left door skin jig tonight. This is a picture of the first attempt. I inset strips of metal around the perimeter to help make accurate straight bends.

Gear leg fairings

This past weekend I spent several hours on getting a lot of the fairings ready to paint. I fitted the right gear leg fairings. This was very time consuming but worthwhile. Gear fairing are a mix of old and new. The original lower fairings were in great shape minus a few cracks needing to be welded. Prep, paint and install. Photos to follow.