Monday, January 22, 2024

Started  welding fuselage clusters. Finished on 2-23.

Sunday, January 21, 2024

 Welded tail post and tail wheel receiver.

Saturday, January 20, 2024

 Removed fuselage from table and placed it on rotisserie.

Friday, January 19, 2024

 Fabricated and installed tubes supporting firewall.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

  Fabricated and installed left side tubes above front door opening.

Monday, January 1, 2024

 Fabricated and installed left side tubes above front door opening.

Friday, December 29, 2023

 Welded additional tacks on all vertical fuselage tubes. Removed wooden support structure.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

 Fabricated engine fire wall mount tubes, tacked in place . Installed fire wall cross tubes.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

 Tacked in place tubes from B to Q.

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

 Fitted and tacked in place cross tubes below doors.

Sunday, December 24, 2023

 Fitted and tacked in place cross bracing above and below cargo door.



Saturday, December 23, 2023

 Tacked in place cross tubes at stations N,M &L.




Sunday, December 17, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place station S.



Friday, December 15, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked into fuselage lower door frames.



Monday, December 11, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place remaining cross braces in rear of fuselage.



Friday, December 8, 2023

 Fabricated and installed "V" braces in (H-J) to (F-L).



Thursday, December 7, 2023

 Fabricated fire wall frame, tacked in place with support tubes to station "B".



Wednesday, December 6, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place cargo door top and bottom tubes.


 


Tuesday, December 5, 2023

  Fabricated and tacked in place vertical and horizontal fuselage tubes for station B-P.

Monday, December 4, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place vertical fuselage tubes for stations E-M and D-N.



Saturday, December 2, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place vertical fuselage tubes for station F-L.

Friday, December 1, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place vertical fuselage tubes for stations h-j and g-k.



Thursday, November 30, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place station "M" cross bracing.


 


Wednesday, November 29, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place station "M" on the fuselage.


 

 


Friday, June 30, 2023

 Set tail post and tacked welded in position.