Date
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Hours
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Work Log Summary
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Details
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07-07-2009
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2.10
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Finishing the sides of the canopy
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Details
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06-24-2009
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1.00
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Made the final trim of the canopy
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Details
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06-20-2009
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1.50
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Made the Big Cut!
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Details
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06-18-2009
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2.30
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Getting closer to the final canopy trimming
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Details
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06-15-2009
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0.80
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More canopy trimming
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Details
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06-14-2009
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21.00
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Placed canopy spacers and made the 3rd cut
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Details
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06-09-2009
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1.90
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Started cutting the canopy
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Details
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06-08-2009
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2.90
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Polished and installed the canopy rails
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Details
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06-07-2009
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3.00
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Finished bending canopy frame & drilled canopy rai
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Details
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05-26-2009
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2.50
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Began fitting the canopy frame
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Details
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05-22-2009
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1.80
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Started fabricating the canopy rails
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Details
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05-21-2009
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1.70
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Finished canopy rail
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Details
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05-20-2009
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3.20
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Riveted flap fairings
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Details
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05-19-2009
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2.50
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Started Finishing Kit
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Details
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05-16-2009
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1.50
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Flap fairing work
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Details
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05-11-2009
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1.00
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Riveted the step
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Details
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05-10-2009
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0.50
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Worked on step some more
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Details
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05-09-2009
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29.00
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Installing the step
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Details
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05-07-2009
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2.80
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Began installing step
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Details
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05-06-2009
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2.40
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More nutplate installations
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Details
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04-29-2009
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1.20
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Back on the project, glued in the vent scoop under
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Details
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04-26-2009
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0.00
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Back from Sun-N-Fun 2009
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Details
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04-13-2009
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2.00
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Installed nutplates in wing root leading edge
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Details
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04-12-2009
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1.20
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More wing finishing issues
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Details
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04-03-2009
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2.10
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Finished aileron pushrods and installed some wing
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Details
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04-01-2009
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1.20
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Removed the wings
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Details
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03-18-2009
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2.00
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Removed wing bolts
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Details
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03-17-2009
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3.00
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Ran a tap through the floorboard nutplates
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Details
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03-16-2009
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2.60
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Fixed floor nutplates
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Details
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03-11-2009
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1.50
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Floorboard madness
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Details
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03-10-2009
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2.70
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Fitted flap actuators through the floorboards
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Details
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03-09-2009
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2.60
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Finished floor board nutplates
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Details
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03-06-2009
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306.00
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More nutplate installation for floorboards
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Details
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02-19-2009
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2.60
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Riveting on the floor support nutplates
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Details
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02-18-2009
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2.60
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Drilled for floor board nutplates
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Details
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02-12-2009
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2.70
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Removed flaps and started on floor nut plates
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Details
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02-11-2009
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3.10
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Flaps are moving!
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Details
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02-10-2009
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2.50
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Fitted the right flap
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Details
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02-09-2009
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2.70
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Fitted left flap fairing
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Details
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02-01-2009
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2.80
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More trimming and fitting left flap
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Details
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01-26-2009
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1.20
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Trimmed the left flap top skin
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Details
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01-24-2009
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3.50
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Finished aileron pushrods and installed right one
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Details
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01-20-2009
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1.80
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Right wing root fairings
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Details
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01-16-2009
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2.50
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Fabricated the left wing root fairing
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Details
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01-13-2009
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2.80
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Back in action
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Details
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11-03-2008
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2.10
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Started on the aileron torque tubes
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Details
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10-31-2008
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2.20
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Fuel lines Finito!
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Details
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09-14-2008
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2.20
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Fabricated and installed fuel pump brackets
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Details
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09-10-2008
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1.80
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More fuel vent lines and start on fuel injection s
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Details
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09-08-2008
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1.50
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Fabricated Right Tank Vent Line
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Details
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09-06-2008
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2.20
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Installed left fuel tank vent line
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Details
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09-04-2008
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0.70
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Started on fuel system
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Details
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09-03-2008
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1.50
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Drilled and bolted fwd wing attach angles
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Details
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09-02-2008
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2.90
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Fabricated Forward Wing attach angles
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Details
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09-01-2008
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4.70
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Positioned wings and drilled the aft spar
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Details
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08-08-2008
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0.00
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August 8, 2008
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Details
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08-07-2008
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0.30
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Painted the cockpit rail
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Details
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08-06-2008
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2.10
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More wing dinging
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Details
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08-05-2008
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1.50
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More wing fitting work
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Details
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08-04-2008
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2.50
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The Wings Go On!!
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Details
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08-03-2008
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0.00
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Returned from Oshkosh
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Details
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07-18-2008
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2.00
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More preparation to fit the wings
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Details
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07-15-2008
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1.60
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Began wing prep
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Details
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07-14-2008
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1.50
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Finished rear seat
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Details
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06-23-2008
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2.30
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Working on the rear seat
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Details
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06-12-2008
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2.40
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Riveted and finished painting front seat
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Details
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06-11-2008
|
3.00
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Deburred and primed seat parts
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Details
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05-28-2008
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0.50
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Started work on seats
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Details
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05-27-2008
|
3.50
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Installed the windshield bow
|
Details
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05-26-2008
|
3.50
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Riveted cockpit side rails
|
Details
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05-22-2008
|
1.80
|
Masked off cockpit for paint
|
Details
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05-21-2008
|
1.50
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Scuffed the cockpit paint for a second coat
|
Details
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05-06-2008
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2.70
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Deburring, dimpling and countersinking cockpit rai
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Details
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05-05-2008
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2.50
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Drilled forward rail angle support
|
Details
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05-01-2008
|
2.20
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Drilled on the welded seat support -Marked 1000 ho
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Details
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04-30-2008
|
2.20
|
Drilled cockpit rails
|
Details
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04-13-2008
|
0.00
|
Sun-N-Fun 2008
|
Details
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04-04-2008
|
1.00
|
Fabricated shims for the side of the instrument pa
|
Details
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03-26-2008
|
2.50
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Seat back support side plates drilled in
|
Details
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03-23-2008
|
0.50
|
Easter Sunday and the family makes its mark
|
Details
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03-21-2008
|
3.10
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More fuselage top skin prep
|
Details
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03-20-2008
|
2.50
|
More work on the fuselage top skin
|
Details
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03-19-2008
|
0.50
|
Top skin work
|
Details
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03-17-2008
|
3.00
|
Installed the instrument panel
|
Details
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03-16-2008
|
3.50
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Drilled on forward top skin
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Details
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03-15-2008
|
2.60
|
Installed throttle and fuel selector valve console
|
Details
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03-13-2008
|
3.20
|
Mid cabin consoles
|
Details
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03-11-2008
|
3.30
|
Wrestled with Fuel Selector Valve Installation
|
Details
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03-08-2008
|
3.50
|
Seat ramp
|
Details
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02-23-2008
|
3.80
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Bolted in left main gear weldment
|
Details
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02-16-2008
|
3.80
|
main gear weldments installation
|
Details
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02-13-2008
|
1.50
|
Riveted Cooling ramp
|
Details
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01-31-2008
|
1.80
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Prep cooling ramp for riveting
|
Details
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01-26-2008
|
4.60
|
Riveted the remaining belly skin and fabicated the
|
Details
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01-25-2008
|
1.00
|
Prosealed the remaining belly skin ribs and skin
|
Details
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01-21-2008
|
1.50
|
Riveted longitudinal belly skin ribs
|
Details
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12-31-2007
|
1.80
|
Yet even more belly skin work
|
Details
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12-29-2007
|
1.60
|
Started riveting belly ribs with proseal
|
Details
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12-17-2007
|
2.80
|
Primed belly skin parts
|
Details
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12-15-2007
|
3.50
|
Belly skin redux
|
Details
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12-10-2007
|
1.50
|
Miscellaneous belly work
|
Details
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12-05-2007
|
1.80
|
Forward belly
|
Details
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12-03-2007
|
1.50
|
Belly flop
|
Details
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12-02-2007
|
3.50
|
Forward fuselage belly structure
|
Details
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12-01-2007
|
0.00
|
I am a pilot once again
|
Details
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11-26-2007
|
1.80
|
Riveted aft top bulkhead & fabricated canopy rail
|
Details
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|
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11-25-2007
|
3.50
|
Drilled shoulder harness attach points
|
Details
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11-24-2007
|
5.60
|
Plumbed brake system and drilled top aft fuselage
|
Details
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|
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11-23-2007
|
5.30
|
Fabricated the rudder stops
|
Details
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|
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11-13-2007
|
2.30
|
Assembled rudder pedals
|
Details
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11-11-2007
|
2.20
|
Misc. nuts and bolts
|
Details
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11-10-2007
|
0.50
|
Fabricated the pitch servo push rod
|
Details
|
|
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11-08-2007
|
3.10
|
Mounted the autopilot pitch servo
|
Details
|
|
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11-03-2007
|
3.60
|
Installed the stick assembly
|
Details
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11-02-2007
|
2.00
|
Hanged the rudder and started rigging elevator
|
Details
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|
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10-31-2007
|
3.30
|
Set the elevator stops
|
Details
|
|
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10-29-2007
|
0.00
|
Poppa's got a brand new prop!
|
Details
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10-26-2007
|
0.00
|
Sam Beale takes delivery of his tail kit!
|
Details
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10-25-2007
|
2.50
|
Fabricated elevator up stop
|
Details
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10-24-2007
|
1.00
|
Began fitting the elevators
|
Details
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10-22-2007
|
2.90
|
Set the forward vertical stabilizer spar
|
Details
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10-21-2007
|
1.20
|
Big weekend then cleaned the shop
|
Details
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10-18-2007
|
1.70
|
Fabricated the elevator bell crank
|
Details
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10-17-2007
|
1.70
|
More messing with the Vertical Stabilizer
|
Details
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|
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10-16-2007
|
0.50
|
Began installing the vertical stabilizer
|
Details
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10-15-2007
|
1.50
|
Cogitating on the Vertical Stabilizer installation
|
Details
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10-14-2007
|
1.70
|
Fabricate and install a new F-810C reinforcing bra
|
Details
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10-13-2007
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3.50
|
Drilled horizontal stabilizer to the fuselage
|
Details
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10-10-2007
|
1.20
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Began fitting the horizontal stabilizer
|
Details
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10-08-2007
|
2.60
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Finished aft baggage bin and rudder pedals
|
Details
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10-03-2007
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2.50
|
Painted aft baggage bin parts
|
Details
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10-02-2007
|
2.20
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More aft baggage bin work and rivet on the fwd bag
|
Details
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10-01-2007
|
2.60
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Drilled and clecoed aft baggage bin
|
Details
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09-29-2007
|
6.50
|
Finished throttle console and started on aft bagga
|
Details
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09-24-2007
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2.50
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Finished right console and started on the throttle
|
Details
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09-20-2007
|
2.50
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Worked on right console
|
Details
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09-19-2007
|
1.80
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Began right console installation
|
Details
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09-18-2007
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2.50
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Installed the arm rests
|
Details
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09-17-2007
|
3.50
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Finish painting the cockpit
|
Details
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08-23-2007
|
2.70
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Sam and I work on miscellaneous fuselage stuff
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Details
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08-19-2007
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2.50
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Finished assembling the forward baggage compartmen
|
Details
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08-18-2007
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3.00
|
Worked on forward baggage compartment components
|
Details
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08-13-2007
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3.30
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Fabricated baggage bulkhead access door
|
Details
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08-10-2007
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1.70
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Fabricate a doubler for the baggage bulkhead acces
|
Details
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07-30-2007
|
1.20
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Finishing Kit Delivered
|
Details
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07-29-2007
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0.00
|
Airventure 2007
|
Details
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07-16-2007
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2.60
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Final install of battery tray
|
Details
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07-12-2007
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2.20
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Painting interior parts
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Details
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07-10-2007
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2.20
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Paint cancer strikes
|
Details
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07-09-2007
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2.00
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Miscellaneous painting
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Details
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06-27-2007
|
3.10
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Working on the forward baggage bin and cutting an
|
Details
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06-26-2007
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0.00
|
Witnessed Jamie Painter's first engine start
|
Details
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06-24-2007
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0.00
|
Played hooky on the motorcycle
|
Details
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06-21-2007
|
2.80
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Fabricated the forward baggage compartment
|
Details
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06-20-2007
|
2.30
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Sam and I fit the bagage bulkhead
|
Details
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06-19-2007
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2.30
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Installed flap motor
|
Details
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06-17-2007
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2.80
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Finished paint test and drilled arm rests
|
Details
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06-16-2007
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4.70
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Paint test and nutplate mania
|
Details
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06-15-2007
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3.20
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Finished battery tray and side cockpit covers
|
Details
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06-14-2007
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1.40
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Fabricated the battery tray
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Details
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06-13-2007
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2.90
|
Fabricated rear control column mount and more
|
Details
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06-12-2007
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2.80
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Installed flap actuator
|
Details
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06-10-2007
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5.50
|
Finished up cockpit floors
|
Details
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06-06-2007
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2.20
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Prepared aft cockpit floors
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Details
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06-05-2007
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2.50
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Riveted aft deck and passenger footwells
|
Details
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06-04-2007
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2.70
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Fabricated the rear seat passenger footwells
|
Details
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06-03-2007
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2.30
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Tranquility Base gets environmental enhancement an
|
Details
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06-02-2007
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3.20
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PDK Neighbor Day and working on fuselage gussets
|
Details
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05-31-2007
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3.30
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Fixing seat support angles
|
Details
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05-27-2007
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0.00
|
That's one small step for man
|
Details
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05-26-2007
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2.20
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Fitted internal rudder cable fairings
|
Details
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05-24-2007
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3.10
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Installed miscellaneous support angles
|
Details
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05-20-2007
|
0.00
|
Bob and Steve's big adventure
|
Details
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05-17-2007
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3.30
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Fitted and drilled the rear deck
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Details
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05-16-2007
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2.00
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Fabricated tail angles
|
Details
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05-13-2007
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2.50
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Fabricated and installed the tail tie down
|
Details
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05-10-2007
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2.40
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Disassembled the fuselage jig
|
Details
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05-09-2007
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2.80
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The Fuselage comes out of the jig and we have a ca
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Details
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05-08-2007
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2.70
|
Jim Weed helps rivet the forward side skins
|
Details
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05-05-2007
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0.00
|
Drew graduates from law school
|
Details
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05-02-2007
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1.40
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Riveted some of forward side skins
|
Details
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05-01-2007
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2.80
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Finished bottom skins
|
Details
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04-29-2007
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2.10
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More riveting and clecoing the skins
|
Details
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04-27-2007
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0.00
|
Road trip to help Jamie Painter install his wings
|
Details
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04-26-2007
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3.00
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Bottom skin bingo
|
Details
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04-25-2007
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2.00
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Installed the forward bottom skin
|
Details
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04-18-2007
|
0.00
|
Sun-N-Fun 2007
|
Details
|
|
|
04-14-2007
|
0.00
|
Sun-N-Fun Week, RV flyin at Leeward Air Ranch
|
Details
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04-11-2007
|
2.70
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Sam and I finish the cockpit side skins
|
Details
|
|
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04-07-2007
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2.00
|
Mark helps rivet the cockpit side skins
|
Details
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04-03-2007
|
2.00
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Riveting on the cockpit side skins
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Details
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03-31-2007
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2.60
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working on the cockpit side skins
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Details
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03-30-2007
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2.30
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Finished aft left side skin
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Details
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03-29-2007
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3.50
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Finished riveting the right aft side skin, started
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Details
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03-28-2007
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3.20
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Sam and I rivet fuselage skins
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Details
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03-27-2007
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3.10
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Began riveting the bottom skins
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Details
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03-15-2007
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3.00
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Finished priming fuselage skins
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Details
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03-14-2007
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1.50
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Primed the longerons
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Details
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03-13-2007
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3.20
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Deburred and countersunk the longerons
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Details
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03-11-2007
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0.00
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No work done, but I spoke with a legend
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Details
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03-07-2007
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2.70
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Fuselage skeleton prep, the saga continues
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Details
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03-06-2007
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3.50
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Yet even more skeleton prep
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Details
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03-01-2007
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3.10
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More fuselage skeleton prep
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Details
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02-28-2007
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2.80
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Begin prep of fuselage skeleton
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Details
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02-16-2007
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1.40
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Almost finished skin prep
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Details
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02-15-2007
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2.90
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Yet even more skin prep madness at 700+ hours
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Details
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02-14-2007
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1.70
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Right aft side skin prep
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Details
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02-13-2007
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2.70
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More skin prep and an old friend croaks
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Details
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02-11-2007
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2.30
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Prep one more skin and retire an old friend
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Details
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02-08-2007
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2.70
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Yet more fuselage skin prep
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Details
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02-07-2007
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2.40
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More skin prep with Sam
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Details
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02-06-2007
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2.90
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Fuselage skin prep. The saga continues
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Details
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02-03-2007
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2.10
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Preparing the forward side skins
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Details
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02-01-2007
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2.30
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Repositioned the forward gussets and began skin pr
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Details
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01-31-2007
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2.30
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Fit forward bulkheads and gussets
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Details
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01-27-2007
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2.30
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Finished drilling the bottom skins
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Details
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01-25-2007
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3.10
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Drilled the aft bottom skin to the fuselage
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Details
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01-24-2007
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1.70
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Fitting the bottom middle skins
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Details
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01-23-2007
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2.10
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Finished rear seat belt brackets
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Details
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01-22-2007
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1.80
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Fabricated rear seat belt brackets
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Details
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01-20-2007
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0.00
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Lakeland RV flyin
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Details
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01-17-2007
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3.50
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Sam Beale and I drill on the right side aft skin
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Details
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01-13-2007
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0.00
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My EAA chapter visits the shop
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Details
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01-07-2007
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8.80
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Fit the midship side skins
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Details
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01-06-2007
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1.50
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Fit auxilliary longeron and doubler
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Details
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01-04-2007
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2.50
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Drilled the forward side skins
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Details
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01-03-2007
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3.50
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Fit forward side skins
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Details
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12-30-2006
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2.30
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Drilled the forward floor skin to the fuselage ske
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Details
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12-28-2006
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3.70
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Installed lower longerons in forward fuselage
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Details
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12-26-2006
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5.70
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More fuselage skeleton work
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Details
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12-21-2006
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3.20
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Leveled the jig cross braces and fit more bulkhead
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Details
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12-19-2006
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1.20
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Fixed the jig legs to the floor
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Details
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12-18-2006
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2.10
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More work needed on the jig
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Details
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12-17-2006
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3.80
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Fixed the firewall and aft bulkhead to the jig
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Details
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12-13-2006
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2.70
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Bent the upper longerons
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Details
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12-11-2006
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1.70
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Finished the 811 bulkhead
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Details
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12-10-2006
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4.60
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Finished the floor ribs
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Details
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12-09-2006
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4.30
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Working on the floor ribs
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Details
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12-07-2006
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3.10
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Floor ribs redux
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Details
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12-06-2006
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2.30
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Working on the floor ribs
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Details
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12-03-2006
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0.00
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Helped install an engine in Jim Anderson's Healey
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Details
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12-02-2006
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4.50
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Priming bulkheads and fabricating floor ribs
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Details
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12-01-2006
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3.20
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Back to work on the bulkheads
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Details
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11-30-2006
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0.50
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Peter DiTomaso visits the shop
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Details
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11-26-2006
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2.00
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Constructed a paint shelf
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Details
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11-20-2006
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1.10
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Drilled 812 Bulkhead
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Details
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11-16-2006
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1.00
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Drilled the bars to the 811 bulkhead: HUH?
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Details
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11-15-2006
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2.70
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Bought a Corvette and worked on bulkheads
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Details
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11-12-2006
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2.90
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Finished 807 Bulkhead
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Details
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11-11-2006
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3.20
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Started working on 807 Bulkhead
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Details
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11-09-2006
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2.50
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Completed the firewall
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Details
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11-08-2006
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2.20
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Prepared firewall angles
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Details
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11-07-2006
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2.50
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Working on the firewall, take two
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Details
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11-06-2006
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2.30
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Finished up center section
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Details
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11-05-2006
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3.80
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Even more work on the center section
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Details
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11-03-2006
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2.30
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Still working on the center section
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Details
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11-02-2006
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2.40
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Fitted the landing gear weldments to the center se
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Details
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11-01-2006
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3.30
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Sam and I work of the center section
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Details
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10-31-2006
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3.20
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Center Section, contd.
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Details
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10-26-2006
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3.60
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Muffed the firewall!
|
Details
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10-25-2006
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2.00
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Began center section construction
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Details
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10-24-2006
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3.30
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Riveted the firewall
|
Details
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10-23-2006
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3.20
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Firewall prep
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Details
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10-20-2006
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1.00
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Clecoed firewall together
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Details
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10-19-2006
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4.10
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Finished the fuselage jig
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Details
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10-17-2006
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1.80
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Started assembling fuselage jig
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Details
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10-16-2006
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0.00
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Cleaned out the basement
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Details
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10-11-2006
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2.00
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Began construction of fuselage jig
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Details
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10-10-2006
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2.20
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Finished wings!
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Details
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10-09-2006
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1.00
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Fitted the right flap (again)
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Details
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10-05-2006
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1.70
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Finished bottom skins of right wing
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Details
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10-03-2006
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2.80
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Almost finished riveting bottome wing skins
|
Details
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10-02-2006
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2.90
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Finished riveting left inboard bottom wing skin
|
Details
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09-28-2006
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1.80
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Began riveting right wing bottom skin
|
Details
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09-27-2006
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2.00
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Finished installation of autopilot roll servo
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Details
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09-26-2006
|
2.90
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Fabricated servo doubler for right wing
|
Details
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09-25-2006
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3.50
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Hung the left flap (take 3)
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Details
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09-22-2006
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2.00
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Finished riveting the left wing
|
Details
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09-21-2006
|
3.10
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Solo riveting on the bottom left wing skin
|
Details
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09-19-2006
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1.80
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Finished left inboard bottom skin
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Details
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09-18-2006
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3.10
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Sam and I begin riveting the left wing bottom skin
|
Details
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09-14-2006
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0.80
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Routed the pitot line
|
Details
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09-13-2006
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1.50
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Preclose work on left wing
|
Details
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09-12-2006
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2.80
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Installed left flap
|
Details
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09-11-2006
|
3.10
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Drilled right flap to wing and drilled out wiring
|
Details
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09-09-2006
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2.00
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Aligned ailerons and started flap installation
|
Details
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09-06-2006
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3.20
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Finished right flap
|
Details
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09-04-2006
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3.70
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Dimpled, primed and began riveting right flap
|
Details
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09-03-2006
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0.00
|
Vick and I go to the Balloon Festival at Callaway
|
Details
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08-31-2006
|
3.60
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Deburred right flap and smoothed the edges
|
Details
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08-30-2006
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3.10
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Finished drilling right flap
|
Details
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08-29-2006
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4.50
|
Attempt left flap untwist and start right flap
|
Details
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08-27-2006
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1.80
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Finished riveting left flap
|
Details
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08-25-2006
|
3.40
|
More riveting of left flap
|
Details
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08-22-2006
|
3.10
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Primed and began riveting the left flap
|
Details
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08-19-2006
|
0.00
|
Trip to Flight Safety
|
Details
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|
|
08-18-2006
|
3.20
|
Deburred and dimpled the left flap
|
Details
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08-15-2006
|
2.20
|
Finally figured out the flap brackets
|
Details
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08-14-2006
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0.30
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Drilled the flap spar to rib holes to final size
|
Details
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08-13-2006
|
1.30
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Fabricating the flap actuator brackets
|
Details
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08-12-2006
|
2.80
|
Figuring out the flaps
|
Details
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|
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08-07-2006
|
0.80
|
Received Trio Aileron Servo
|
Details
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|
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08-06-2006
|
2.20
|
Finished right aileron
|
Details
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08-04-2006
|
2.70
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Riveted the tough set on the right aileron
|
Details
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08-03-2006
|
2.80
|
Back from Oshkosh -Debur right aileron
|
Details
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07-21-2006
|
1.70
|
Drilled right aileron
|
Details
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07-20-2006
|
1.50
|
Started right aileron
|
Details
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07-19-2006
|
2.00
|
Finished left aileron
|
Details
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07-13-2006
|
2.40
|
Began to rivet left aileron
|
Details
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07-12-2006
|
2.70
|
Dimpled and primed the left aileron
|
Details
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07-11-2006
|
2.80
|
Drilled the left aileron
|
Details
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07-10-2006
|
0.00
|
No Construction, Vacation in Virginia Beach
|
Details
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|
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06-30-2006
|
2.30
|
Rivet aileron stiffeners
|
Details
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|
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06-29-2006
|
1.60
|
Dimpled the aileron skins
|
Details
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06-28-2006
|
1.50
|
Finished inventorying the fuselage kit
|
Details
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06-27-2006
|
5.60
|
Fuselage kit arrives!
|
Details
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|
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06-25-2006
|
3.60
|
Prep stiffeners and inside of aileron skins
|
Details
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06-23-2006
|
1.20
|
Started left aileron
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Details
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|
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06-21-2006
|
2.20
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Riveted flap brace and aileron gap seal for right
|
Details
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|
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06-20-2006
|
2.80
|
Riveted left aileron brace and aileron gap seal
|
Details
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06-19-2006
|
2.90
|
Installed left flap brace and aileron gap seal
|
Details
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|
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06-17-2006
|
3.20
|
Riveted aileron brackets to rear spar
|
Details
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06-16-2006
|
1.00
|
Riveted aileron brackets
|
Details
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06-15-2006
|
3.10
|
Prepared aileron brackets
|
Details
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|
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06-14-2006
|
3.20
|
Finished right wing top skin
|
Details
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|
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06-12-2006
|
2.10
|
Began riveting top right wing skin
|
Details
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|
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06-11-2006
|
2.20
|
Built wing cradle
|
Details
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|
|
06-06-2006
|
1.70
|
Repositioned right wing tank and clecoed top skins
|
Details
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06-05-2006
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1.00
|
Final prep of top right wing skins
|
Details
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|
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06-03-2006
|
2.70
|
Deburred and dimpled right wing skeleton
|
Details
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|
|
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05-31-2006
|
2.80
|
Finished riveting top skin on left wing
|
Details
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|
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05-30-2006
|
2.20
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More riveting of left wing top skin
|
Details
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|
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05-29-2006
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2.00
|
Began riveting the top skin to the left wing
|
Details
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05-25-2006
|
2.90
|
Dimpled left wing ribs and clecoed on top skin
|
Details
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05-24-2006
|
1.80
|
Installed fuel tank on right wing
|
Details
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05-23-2006
|
2.30
|
Installed fuel tank on left wing
|
Details
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05-22-2006
|
3.20
|
Riveted right leading edge to wing spar
|
Details
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05-18-2006
|
3.10
|
Prep for right leading edge
|
Details
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|
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05-16-2006
|
3.20
|
Final riveting of left leading edge to spar
|
Details
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|
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05-10-2006
|
2.50
|
Finished riveting the right leading edge
|
Details
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|
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05-09-2006
|
0.50
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Started to rivet right leading edge
|
Details
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|
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05-05-2006
|
3.60
|
Finished prep of right leading edge
|
Details
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|
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05-02-2006
|
2.80
|
Installed pitot tube bracket
|
Details
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|
|
04-30-2006
|
0.00
|
Vick and I go to Paris
|
Details
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|
|
04-12-2006
|
2.60
|
Deburred right wing leading edge
|
Details
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|
|
|
04-11-2006
|
3.30
|
Riveted the left leading edge
|
Details
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|
|
04-10-2006
|
0.00
|
Back from Sun-N-Fun
|
Details
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|
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04-01-2006
|
6.20
|
Prepared left leading edge for riveting
|
Details
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03-31-2006
|
0.00
|
She Held!
|
Details
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|
|
|
03-30-2006
|
2.80
|
Pressure tested right tank
|
Details
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|
|
03-28-2006
|
2.70
|
Wing prep day 5
|
Details
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|
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03-27-2006
|
0.00
|
Real home building in Mississippi
|
Details
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|
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03-21-2006
|
0.10
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Complied with fuel pickup Service Bulletin
|
Details
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|
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03-19-2006
|
0.00
|
Off day
|
Details
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|
|
03-18-2006
|
7.60
|
Wing prep, day four
|
Details
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|
|
03-17-2006
|
2.80
|
Wing skin prep, day three
|
Details
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|
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03-16-2006
|
3.20
|
Wing skin prep, day three
|
Details
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|
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03-15-2006
|
2.50
|
Wing skin prep, day two
|
Details
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|
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03-14-2006
|
2.70
|
Started wing skin prep
|
Details
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|
|
03-12-2006
|
3.50
|
Finished right fuel tank!
|
Details
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|
|
03-08-2006
|
3.00
|
Final prep before closing the right tank
|
Details
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|
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03-06-2006
|
0.80
|
Sealed fittings in the right tank access plate
|
Details
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|
|
03-04-2006
|
1.70
|
Slammed last tank rib!
|
Details
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|
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03-02-2006
|
1.20
|
Sealed and riveted the right outboard tank rib.
|
Details
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|
|
02-28-2006
|
1.50
|
Prep right tank end ribs
|
Details
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|
|
02-27-2006
|
1.50
|
Last interior right tank rib
|
Details
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|
|
02-26-2006
|
0.30
|
Masking the last 3 tank ribs
|
Details
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|
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02-25-2006
|
3.00
|
Sealed and riveted 4 ribs in right tank
|
Details
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|
|
02-24-2006
|
2.20
|
Final prep for right tank rib riveting
|
Details
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|
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02-23-2006
|
1.80
|
Stop me before I tape again
|
Details
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|
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02-21-2006
|
3.30
|
Sealed and riveted the stiffeners, drain flange an
|
Details
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|
|
02-19-2006
|
0.00
|
No work today
|
Details
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|
|
02-18-2006
|
3.70
|
Right tank prep.
|
Details
|
|
|
02-13-2006
|
2.70
|
Deburred and dimpled the right tank ribs
|
Details
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|
|
|
02-12-2006
|
0.00
|
Engineering calculations for fuel tank test pressu
|
Details
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|
|
02-10-2006
|
0.00
|
Meet a woman race pilot
|
Details
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|
|
02-09-2006
|
2.70
|
Right tank prep
|
Details
|
|
|
02-08-2006
|
2.50
|
Left fuel tank passes pressure test
|
Details
|
|
|
02-07-2006
|
2.70
|
Prep right tank skin
|
Details
|
|
|
02-06-2006
|
0.50
|
Installed left fuel tank access plate
|
Details
|
|
|
|
02-05-2006
|
0.00
|
Road trip to Davidson, NC
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02-04-2006
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3.00
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Closed out Left Tank
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02-03-2006
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0.50
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Prep for tank closure
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01-30-2006
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0.50
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Preparing to close the left fuel tank
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01-29-2006
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2.00
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Sealed and riveted the last rib in the left tank
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01-28-2006
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1.00
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Fabricated fuel pickup and tank vent line
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01-24-2006
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0.30
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Ran fuel tank vent line
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01-22-2006
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2.00
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Sealed outboard left tank rib
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01-21-2006
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3.00
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Finished left tank interior ribs
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01-16-2006
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1.50
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One more tank rib
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01-15-2006
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2.50
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Riveted first two tank ribs
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01-03-2006
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28.00
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Final left tank rib prep
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01-01-2006
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2.00
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Finally confronted Black Death
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12-31-2005
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1.10
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Even more tank prep
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12-30-2005
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1.50
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Prep for tank work
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12-28-2005
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2.80
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Dimpled left tank skins, stiffeners & ribs
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12-25-2005
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1.60
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Deburrer tank ribs
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12-22-2005
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1.20
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Drilled fuel tank filler flange and drain flange
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12-19-2005
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1.80
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12-18-2005
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6.30
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Tank prep work
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12-17-2005
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6.80
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Fit and drilled out fuel tanks
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12-16-2005
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3.50
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Clecoed tank together & drilled Z brackets
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12-13-2005
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2.50
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Attached nutplates to Z brackets & bolted them to
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12-11-2005
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2.70
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Primed the Z brackets and started riveting on nutp
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12-10-2005
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1.00
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Drilled Z brackets for nutplates
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12-08-2005
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1.50
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Drilled Z brackets for fuel tanks
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12-04-2005
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3.70
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Fit, drill and finish the right wing leading edge
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12-03-2005
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4.00
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Fabricated Leading Edge Cradle & L leading edge
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11-30-2005
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1.50
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Right wing skin
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11-29-2005
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0.70
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Wing skin drilling
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11-28-2005
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5.20
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Wing skin fitting
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11-27-2005
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3.50
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Clecoed left wing skins
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11-25-2005
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3.20
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Finshshed right wing skeleton
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11-24-2005
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0.40
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Clecoed ribs onto right wing spar
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11-23-2005
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3.30
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Preparing and priming right wing ribs
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11-22-2005
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2.70
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Fit, drilled and deburred the right wing skeleton
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11-21-2005
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3.20
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Finishing wing jig and placing left wing in it
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11-20-2005
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3.20
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Riveted left wing ribs to spars
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11-19-2005
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4.80
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Left wing skeleton prep
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11-18-2005
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6.50
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Wing Rib Straightening, take two, three, four
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11-14-2005
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0.60
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Wing rib straightening, take one
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11-13-2005
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0.00
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Constructed wing jig and rib straightening station
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11-10-2005
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2.80
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Wing and tank rib deburring.
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11-09-2005
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2.80
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Primed and riveted rear spars
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11-07-2005
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2.10
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Worked on rear spar
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11-06-2005
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2.20
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Rear spar doublers
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11-05-2005
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0.50
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Tapped the tiedown fitting
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11-05-2005
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2.00
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Started on rear spars
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11-02-2005
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3.40
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More Nut Plate Mania!
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11-01-2005
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1.80
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More drilling and some fabrication
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10-31-2005
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1.00
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Drilling and countersinking the spar
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10-31-2005
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0.00
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Countersink backing plate description continued
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10-30-2005
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1.60
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Countersunk tank attachment plate nut holes
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10-29-2005
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3.50
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Inventoried the wing kit
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10-28-2005
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0.30
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Finished the Empenage!
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10-27-2005
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3.30
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Rolled leading edges of elevators
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10-26-2005
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2.00
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Final assembly of trim tab
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10-25-2005
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2.00
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Trim tab priming
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10-24-2005
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2.80
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Trim tab construction
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10-20-2005
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2.70
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Riveted skin to left elevator
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10-18-2005
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2.00
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Riveted Left Elevator Skeleton
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10-17-2005
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2.80
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Tab bending hell.
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10-15-2005
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0.00
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Wing Kit Arrives!
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10-13-2005
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3.00
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Primed left elevator parts
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10-04-2005
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2.30
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Trim Tab Servo Mania
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10-03-2005
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3.00
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Drilled left elevator skins
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09-30-2005
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2.90
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Finished Left Elevator, started on the right
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09-29-2005
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2.80
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Riveting the elevator
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09-23-2005
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1.70
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Deburred, dimpled and primed right elevator.
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09-19-2005
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3.20
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Clecoed and drilled Rt. elevator
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09-14-2005
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2.50
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Prep Left elevator skeleton
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09-12-2005
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2.90
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Riveted stiffeners onto elevator skins
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09-10-2005
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4.20
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Prepared elevator stiffeners
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09-04-2005
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4.50
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Riveted rudder skin to skeleton
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09-03-2005
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2.50
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Finished rudder skeleton
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09-01-2005
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2.70
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Dimpled and primed rudder
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08-31-2005
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1.20
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Deburred rudder parts
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08-30-2005
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2.60
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Rudder skeleton
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08-23-2005
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1.50
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Finished elevator stiffeners.
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08-22-2005
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1.80
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Cut out elevator stiffeners
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08-21-2005
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2.20
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Finishing the rudder trailing edge and messing up
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08-20-2005
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3.00
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Back riveted rudder stiffeners to skin.
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08-19-2005
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2.80
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Debur, dimple and prime rudder skin & stiffeners
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08-18-2005
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3.00
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Starting on the rudder
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08-17-2005
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1.80
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Finished Vertical Stabilizer
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08-16-2005
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3.10
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Finished Horizontal Stabilizer
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08-14-2005
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5.50
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Riveting HS skin
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08-08-2005
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0.80
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Prime and clecoed VS skin
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08-07-2005
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3.50
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Prime and assemble the VS skeleton
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08-01-2005
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0.10
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Back from Oshkosh
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07-18-2005
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1.80
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Dimpled VS skin
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07-17-2005
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1.60
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Drilled VS rear spar doubler lightening holes
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07-16-2005
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1.80
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Deburred VS skeleton and rear spar doubler
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07-15-2005
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2.20
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Finished VS skeleton, match drilled VS skin
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07-14-2005
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1.00
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Assembled Vertical Stabilizer Spar and straightene
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07-13-2005
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1.60
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Riveted HS nose rib
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07-12-2005
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2.80
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Riveted HS skeleton, reprimed parts
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07-11-2005
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3.50
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Primed left HS skin and inside of HS skins
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07-10-2005
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0.00
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Rivet practice
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07-06-2005
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1.00
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Primed right half of HS skeleton
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06-23-2005
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0.00
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Install 2 shop lighting fixtures
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06-22-2005
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1.60
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Finished dimpling HS skins, primed one rib
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06-21-2005
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1.80
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Dimpled HS skins
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06-17-2005
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1.20
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Build jig for C-Frame dimpler
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06-15-2005
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3.30
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Deburred and dimpled HS skeleton
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06-14-2005
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3.50
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HS drilling and blue plastic removal
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06-13-2005
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3.20
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Finish HS skeleton and drill to skins
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06-12-2005
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0.60
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HS rib straightening
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06-11-2005
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8.30
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Horizontal Stabilizer front spar and skeleton
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06-09-2005
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4.30
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Vertical Stabilizer rear spar
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06-06-2005
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3.10
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Empenage kit arrives
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