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May 2007 Fuselage

May 1st  Finished drilling the floor stiffeners, drilled baggage side ribs to skin

May 4th  Drilled aft baggage side panels to ribs, worked on finishing drilling

May 5th  Misc. stuff before starting the 'laundry list', worked on flap handle

May 7th  Misc. stuff, fixed flap part

May 9th  Made new left auxiliary longeron, removed skins

May 10th  Disassembled forward section skeleton, began deburring

May 12th  Deburred parts

May 13th  Removed center section, flipped tailcone, removed longerons

May 14th  Deblued/deburred parts

May 15th  Finished deburring parts

May 16th  Countersunk and dimpled

May 19th  Finished all dimpling and countersinking

May 21st  Primed and painted some stuff, misc. prep work on forward section

May 22nd  Riveted side seat ribs to skin, misc. riveting and painting

May 24th  'Pre-Riveted' 704 side plates to skins, cleco's side skins back on

May 25th  FW and structure back in place, made arm rest stiffeners

May 27th  Riveted arm rest stiffeners, started riveting forward fuselage

May 28th  Bottom skin cleco'd back on, lots of miscellaneous riveting

May 29th  Piddling around, messing around, little stuff, set a couple of blind rivets

May 30th  Riveted side seat ribs to skins, riveted bottom skin on

May 31st  Finished up tail cone riveting, riveted longerons from 705 to 902

 

June 2007 Fuselage

April 2007 Fuselage

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