So we skipped a few steps, but we got a good run-up.  We are still waiting for our upper wing that contains the fuel tan to come back from repair.  The wing should be at Vintage Wings this week.  Then we will get the airplane ready, get it on the truck and west it will go.The Finch will meet up with his buddies from the Yellow Wings Tour already on their journey throughout western Canada.

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Between yesterday, when the wings were mounted and today,when the RCAF markings were stuck on, the Fleet Cornell is beginning to resemble the likes of a real aircraft – one that once fly in an RCAF squadron during the height of the BCATP era. Marked as #10712, our Cornell actually bore the same tail number when it was based in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Dave O’Malley, with assistance from Peter …

The center section is attached to the fuselage and is safetied. Torque tube and elevator are now attached. The vertical stabilizer and rudder are now off the shelf on in the A/C. we got parking brake linkage and rudder pedal linkage figured out. Canopy seal are going back on.

The menu for next week is pluming:  Fuel brakes pitot-static vacuum primmer. We have a package on the way from Mr. Haynes with a rudder torque tube; a fuel selector and rudder pedal tube at first air being reworked; we have flap handles to finish with cables coming in from Leavens.

The volunteers …

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Our wood boys are working on rebuilding two brand new seats.

For the past seven months we have had a lot of help from volunteers and vintage wings staff. 

For the past couple days we have been steaming wood parts for our new Cornell seats.  With a propane burner, boiling water, a spray bottle and a lot of patients we got the pieces to there perfect shape.  To get the perfect shape, we built a wooden frame with the exact shape of the existing seats we had.

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