Bill's Aviation Log

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September 21, 2008:  I wasn't having much success with the airbox, so I shifted my schwerpunkt (focal point) to working on the "things remaining list".  Mostly it was things firewall forward:  mounting the baffles and oil cooler for good, wiring up the alternator circuit, running the brake lines, and wiring up the magneto and Lightspeed ignition wires.  I also installed the seatbelts.  Lynnette and I took the wings out to the hangar.   I spent one weekend driving up to Oswego, NY to do some transition training in a RV-7 with Mike Seager. 

September 12, 2008:  The wings are prepped for painting.  I've resumed work on the airbox.  I made a list of everything that is left to be done on the project and am starting to work down that.   I updated my Building Stats section -- check it out. 

September 8, 2008 :  Things are moving very fast on the project.  I'm having a hard time keeping up with it in the web log.  The ailerons, flaps and empennage are painted and in the hangar at Essex Skypark.  I'm in the midst of prepping the wings for painting.  At home, after countless iterations of fill and sand, the canopy fairing is pretty much done and ready for priming.  I finally got going on the airbox and am making some progress there.  Last weekend, Mike R. took me up in his RV-7A.  It was so much fun flying it.  I can't wait to fly my own.  I really liked the side-by-side. 

I apologize for injecting some politics into my aviation log, but hey, it's my site!  I put together a page on Sarah Palin's convention speech .  Spoiler -- I liked it. 

 

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