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May 2006 Wings

May 1st  Drilled top wing skins

May 2nd  Cleco'd bottoms wing skins to skeleton

May 4th  Installed new air hoses, removed bottom skins, cleco'd leading edges to spar

May 6th  Fitted joint plate on both leading edges

May 7th  Drilled holes for tie down rings, started on fuel tanks and Z brackets

May 8th  Z brackets

May 9th  Fit Z brackets to spar

May 10th  Fit tanks to spar

May 11th  Removed tanks, left baffles on for drilling to the Z brackets

May 13th  Removed baffles from the Z brackets, drilled tank ribs to skin

May 14th  Drilled screw holes to joint plate

May 15th  Countersunk tank skin along the baffle, started tank skin stiffeners

May 16th  Deburred tank stiffeners, cleco'd stiffeners to skins

May 21st  Started the T-405 tank attach angle

May 22nd  Rough cut the T-405 angles

May 23rd  Smoothed and drilled T-405's to ribs, cut access hole in inboard rib, cleco'd plates to ribs

May 24th  Fit right pick up tube, drilled retainer ring for access plate, installed those, drilled filler neck to the skin

May 25th  Made vent line clips, drilled tank drain flange to skin

May 27th  Deburred tank skins, made trap door in left tank

May 29th  Dimpled tank skins

May 30th  Sealed/riveted stiffeners to bottom tank skin

May 31st  Sealed/riveted drain flange to bottom skin

 

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