Work has been slowed again with people going on vacations plus the hangar gets too hot here in Texas by about 1 pm to get much done. We did get some new downlocks for both sides. Left side trunnion support plates go out Saturday for patterns for new builds. Again, there is a ton of sheetmetal work needed and we are very short on people with those skills. If you are one of those who lives in our area and want to help, please see our Crew Chief JR on some Saturday morning. This is going to be a short fix or a long fix depending on manpower. As we approach the time for Oshkosh, we are disappointed that we do not have a flying machine to make the trip. The Hiller rotor blades may not make it back from overhaul until November so that’s out as well as Kay. That would be a heck of a trip though at 55 knots at 500 ft AGL. A stiff headwind could be real trouble as it only has about 1.5 hours of fuel. Planning must be impeccable to find airports with fuel within this range. The Flightaware.com track might look like we are zig zagging in case of enemy submarines. Well, maybe next time…. Meanwhile, don’t forget our Facebook page. We hit a record 66,787 views on a recent post.
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