180 day

Sometimes going fishing in hindsight may not have been the best idea and that branch you decided to hold on to might have not been the best choice. The fateful sound of the crack of that branch was what sent me off a big rock and down a hill that produced 4 broken ribs and…

 Bringing in the new year with a 182 firewall repair, not for the light of heart. The weather has been snow and ice here and has slowed all incoming parts and slowed the progress down in the mean time we are hard at work on our new project….a 180J

 Fabricated new inspection panels and doublers with the help of my CNC master and local machine shop…

Slowly climbing out of the rabbit hole. Had to replace the Vertical rear spar and both bulkheads and make sure all was right when reassembled to make sure we did not repeat the mistake that was done the last time the tail was apart.

After months of rehab 61A is getting near the end. As usual the last 10% is 90% of the job but it is all coming together. Overhauled gear from Landing gear works…..not cheap but not bent…