It is amazing how some sleep just makes you feel so much better. I was really exhausted last night when I got home, and I really should have just fallen into bed and turned off the light… Instead the laptop got powered up and I found a friend wanted to talk about some bad news he had got. I could hardly say I was too tired, so I kept talking for a while… <\/p>\n
Yesterday the plane got most of the top skin on at the rear finally. This is a job that we had all been dreading – there were images of me needing to crawl to the end of the fuselage tunnel holding a lump of metal inches above my head whilst the rivet on the other side was hit with a rivet hammer in a most sadistic manner. Thankfully we found another way. We turned the plane 75% of the way upside down, and I kneeled down and got my body into the back of the fuselage, with some foam between me and any of the plane providing some support.<\/p>\n
This was MUCH eaiser to manage… MUCH! There were only a few times where I was thinking that I could do serious damage to myself if I dropped the bucking bar onto myself. The plane would have been protected by the foam… It was my head that was my main concern. I am told I looked rather awkward… I am not surprised… I felt it. I will try to get a copy of the photo to post here… <\/p>\n
At times I had my head on the side of the fuselage which really amplified the noise… I am sure that the whole thing was acting as a huge speaker cone. Actually at one stage a truck drove by outside and the whole shell vibrated… I heard (or felt it) inside the fuse, but richard did not seem to hear it on the outside…<\/p>\n
Today I have a few slightly sore muscles, but apart from that, I am happy that the job is basically done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is amazing how some sleep just makes you feel so much better. I was really exhausted last night when I got home, and I really should have just fallen into bed and turned off the light… Instead the laptop …<\/p>\n