The last phase of my homebuilt project has begun; filling out the paperwork for the FAA airworthiness inspection. I thought it may be helpful to document my progress through the inspection process for other who may be about to begin the same process. You should begin this process when you are 60-90 days away from [...]
Just a quick update to show where we are on the plane. The interior is done and now we’re getting ready to clear coat it if we can find some safe stuff to spray.
Here are a few photos:
And a better shot of the colors…
My Rans S-6ES Coyote project is coming along nicely. I am getting ready to begin covering the remaining tailfeathers. I have covered the elevators already. The covering is like a slip cover, you must actually disassemble the elevator and re-assemble it inside the covering material. You then make a tool to insert a brace [...]
Each month EAA National sends out it’s Chapter E-Gram, a newsletter sent out to chapter leaders. Highlights of this month’s E-Gram where:
A featured newsleter, The Updraft, from EAA Chapter 106
Aircraft break service (written by Dave VanDenburg EAA #559792, EAA Chapter 439)
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An easy tip for bending metal (written by Roger Cole EAA #520298, EAA Chapter [...]
Progress is being made on our His and Hers bathrooms behind the Chapter Hangar!
Chapter 90 is has made many improvements to Oakdale Municipal Airport (O27). The latest are laying the foundation for a new public toilet located behind the Chapter 90 hangar.
Members of Chapter 90 also repainted the lettering on the old, closed south taxiway to help identify our airport from the air.
I got off from work early on Thursday and got a hotel up in Sacramento. The idea was to sleep up near the airport because I had a 6am flight to Phoenix. It was a great idea that didn’t work out too well. This was one of those cheap hotel chains, in retrospect, I should [...]
