Posted in ER Tanks Wings

Left ER Tank Skin Dimpling

(in announcer voice) WHAT TIME IS IT? (crowd responds) IT’S SKIN-DIMPLING TIME. And the crowd goes wild. No, wait. That was just the vacuum cleaner,…

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Posted in Elevators Empennage

Left Elevator Matchdrilling, Prep, Priming, and Riveting

It was a quiet evening in the house tonight, so I buckled down to some airplane work. First up, a few pictures of the counterbalance…

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Posted in Empennage Horizontal Stab

HS Disassembly and Skin Deburring

Late today, I was able to sneak out to the garage and get some tedious deburring and dimpling done on the HS skins. First step,…

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