Thursday 10 14 2010

I spent most of Thursday doing minor repairs to the planes I fly the most. I put the Stearman back in the motor home until I decide to add more details. I brought the Sukhoi in to Loctite the landing gear bolts. I love to shoot touch and goes and I noticed the bolts were loose Tuesday when I was putting it away.

I also had the Eurofighter in to work on the nose gear again. The strut was not tempered good enough and kept bending. I ended up breaking it, but found another that looks like it will work great.

The AT-6 had a little crack in the cowl I have wanted to repair and I noticed the motor had a little play in it on Tuesday. It turns out the play was just normal flexing. I got the crack repaired, now I need to repaint the black anti glare panel. I made a trip over to see the twins and play with them, lots of fun. I saw them again later when they were taking a ride in their little cars. I talked with Barry, they were on the way to North Carolina. My knee got a little stiff from the swelling around 7, so I went in and put ice on it. I spent the rest of the evening watching TV.