Air Prayer

I will start updating this blog again, I swear.  Right now I am finishing up the wings and getting my FAA paperwork ready.  I will begin updating the blog with my Coyote flying adventures very soon.  Stop back by in a couple of months!

I got a special delivery via air mail this morning.  An internet buddy noticed I needed a propeller for my airplane project and offered to sell me a spare prop he had lying around.  The prop is almost new and the price was reasonable so I took him up on his offer.

This morning he flew down with the prop taped to his wing struts.  Now if I can just get someone to fly down with an engine taped to their wing struts I can finish this bird off!

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…

I’ve been bad about involving Scotty in the aircraft project lately so I got him back into it today. Today he laced up the cockpit area of the fuselage.  He did well, even tying the exact knot I had been using. He learned by watching me. Even if I watched someone tie that knot 50 times I don’t think I could duplicate that knot as easily as he did. I showed him how to burn the end of the cord to prevent fraying, and he knew how to tie the correct knot so I just let him go and did some other prep work on the plane and he did great! Here is an action shot:

And here is what the plane looks like at the moment:

Spent a really nice evening yesterday getting acquainted with N7160L, a Grumman Traveler. Some friends own it and have agreed to allow me to fly it while I am building my aircraft. I went up with an instructor who had been working with my friends on their checkouts and some flight training. Really great instructor that I recommend highly. Mike Liese. Shoot me an email if you want his contact info. We spent about 30 minutes on the ground and one hour doing air work. I am now cleared to fly the Grumman!