Working on the plane went yesterday – and once again the engine mounts allowing the plane to be rotated more than showed their worth. It seemed as if we were always turning the thing upside down and right way up. I did make a discovery though – if you have the plane upside down, it is MUCH harder to drop tools onto it damaging the plane. But, and I did not find this out, you also have a much bigger chance of dropping things on yourself.

Yesterday we finished getting the weldments installed for the Landing Gear which was really not all that painful. A mildly annoying job really in the scheme of things – but an important job to do correctly. The last thing you want is for the landing gear to fail on landing. The brackets are certainly VERY solid, and I guess this is a good thing.

We also worked on the panel between the back of the baggage compartment and the back of the plane. These two pieces of metal are sort of like a concertina with ripples for strength. This caused some hassles, mostly because the parts were not cut to shape or match drilled. Putting the back on the compartment certainly gave a great feel to the plane. Makes it look even more serious. And also points out how little room there is for baggage!