Research

Van’s light box kit #1

Got started with the light box practice kit in earnest this evening. There is a nice variety of tasks in this project. From nut plates to countersinking, it looks like I’m going to try a bunch of different skills.

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Musings

A note on logging hours

How do you log your hours? In this post I describe some of the nuances to build hours logging, and how I’ve decided to go about it.

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Wings

wrapping up inventory check

who loves counting AN3-6 screws? this guy! Jack and I spent the morning wrapping up the inventory check. Overall I would say it was a successful pack job by Vans, and although there are a few minor corrections, there are no show stoppers to getting going this week!

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Wings

wing kit delivered!

The day had finally arrived, and the anticipation of the arrival did not disappointment. It was a nice day of spending time with friends, unpacking the biggest Christmas present ever, and making some progress on the inventory work.

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Workshop

air system build #2

Continuing progress on the air system, today we started mounting sub-assemblies and air piping to the walls. Jess helped with a little caulking activity as well!

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