Wings - Total hours: 153

  • 24/03-2008 - Preparing for the wings
  • 26/03-2008 - Preparing spars
  • 27/03-2008 - Countersinking spars
  • 31/03-2008 - Prepared tie-downs
  • 07/04-2008 - Working on rear spars
  • 10/04-2008 - Finished preparing the rear spars
  • 12/04-2008 - Primed and riveted rear spars
  • 14/04-2008 - Preparing wing main ribs
  • 15/04-2008 - More main rib deburring
  • 16/04-2008 - Finished edgedeburring main ribs
  • 21/04-2008 - Wing stand/jig construction
  • 02/05-2008 - Wings in jig
  • 16/06-2008 - Back on the wings
  • 17/06-2008 - More leading edge rib deburring
  • 24/06-2008 - Leading edge/fuel tank cradle
  • 26/06-2008 - Matchdrilling ribs
  • 27/06-2008 - Deburring main ribs
  • 28/06-2008 - Priming main ribs
  • 29/06-2008 - Riveting wing skeletons
  • 09/07-2008 - Wing walkway doublers
  • 16/07-2008 - Matchdrilling top skins
  • 18/07-2008 - Matchdrilling bottom skins
  • 30/07-2008 - Making taxi/landing light cutouts
  • 04/08-2008 - Preparing right wing leading edge
  • 06/08-2008 - Preparing wing leading edges
  • 07/08-2008 - Priming leading edge parts
  • 12/08-2008 - Dimpling & riveting right leading edge
  • 13/08-2008 - Finished right leading edge
  • 14/08-2008 - Riveted left leading edge
  • 27/08-2008 - Countersinking main spar
  • 28/08-2008 - More countersinking
  • 31/08-2008 - Wing structure dimpling
  • 01/09-2008 - Priming wing spar flanges
  • 02/09-2008 - Installing leading edges
  • 04/09-2008 - Preparing lower inboard wing skins, 3h
  • 05/09-2008 - Priming lower inboard skins
  • 11/09-2008 - Preparing lower outboard skins
  • 12/09-2008 - Primed lower outboard skins
  • 15/09-2008 - Dimpled lower skins
  • 19/09-2008 - Priming upper inboard skins
  • 27/09-2008 - Finished preparing upper skins
  • 19/11-2008 - Riveting top skins
  • 30/11-2008 - Finished riveting top skins
  • 01/12-2008 - Finetuning tank-to-leading edge joints
  • 07/12-2008 - 1 year anniversary
  • 08/12-2008 - Aileron gap fairings
  • 09/12-2008 - Flap braces
  • 12/12-2008 - Installing aileron gap fairings
  • 13/12-2008 - Right inboard bottom skin
  • 15/12-2008 - Finished right wing
  • 17/12-2008 - Finished left wing

    • Fuel Tanks - Total hours: 95.5

  • 30/06-2008 - Preparing fuel tank ribs
  • 01/07-2008 - Wing tank stiffeners
  • 06/07-2008 - Finished tank stiffeners
  • 07/07-2008 - Fuel tank Z-brackets
  • 08/07-2008 - Fuel tanks
  • 02/10-2008 - Finished wing skins
  • 06/10-2008 - Tank attach brackets
  • 07/10-2008 - Finished tank brackets
  • 08/10-2008 - Fuel pick-up line
  • 11/10-2008 - Fuel tank access openings
  • 12/10-2008 - Dimpled right tank skin
  • 13/10-2008 - Dimpled tank ribs
  • 15/10-2008 - Aludyne treatment
  • 18/10-2008 - Riveted tank stiffeners
  • 20/10-2008 - Right fuel cap & drain fitting
  • 21/10-2008 - Left fuel cap & drain fitting
  • 22/10-2008 - Riveting right tank part 1
  • 24/10-2008 - Riveting right tank part 2
  • 26/10-2008 - Riveting left tank part 1
  • 27/10-2008 - Riveting left tank part 2
  • 29/10-2008 - Riveting left tank part 3
  • 31/10-2008 - Tank vents & fuel senders
  • 01/11-2008 - Riveting left tank part 4
  • 02/11-2008 - Riveting left tank part 5
  • 03/11-2008 - Finished left tank
  • 04/11-2008 - Left fuel tank leaktest
  • 07/11-2008 - Riveting right tank part 3
  • 09/11-2008 - Finished left tank… again!!
  • 12/11-2008 - Finished right tank
  • 02/12-2008 - Primed right tank

    • Flaps - Total hours: 25.5

  • 14/01-2009 - Began building flaps
  • 15/01-2009 - Flap matchdrilling
  • 16/01-2009 - Flap control brackets
  • 17/01-2009 - Finished preparing flap parts
  • 18/01-2009 - Primed flap parts
  • 19/01-2009 - Started riveting left flap
  • 21/01-2009 - Finished building flaps
  • 22/01-2009 - Finished installing flaps.

    • Ailerons - Total hours: 32

  • 22/12-2008 - Ailerons skins & stiffeners
  • 23/12-2008 - More aileron prep work
  • 24/12-2008 - Dimpled aileron skins & stiffeners
  • 27/12-2008 - Riveted aileron stiffeners
  • 28/12-2008 - More aileron drilling..
  • 29/12-2008 - Final aileron priming
  • 30/12-2008 - Finished right aileron
  • 02/01-2009 - Finished left aileron