Some photos of the progress on 161:
Work continues on the tail section, the horizontal stabs are complete and work is ongoing on the vertical stab. The tail wheel/tail gear was overhauled and installed. The rudder was test fit and everything lines up perfectly. Sadly even though the rudder was redone some years ago, it all has to be opened up again and thoroughly inspected, with a few repairs to be made before the fabric can be replaced. We did finish off the rudder trim tab however!
The main gear assemblies are coming along very nicely! Everything that was made new or already NDT'd has been installed permanently at this point, there are still a few items that need NDT before we can move forward with installing things further.
The fuselage had to be lifted off the wing once again to gain access to work on the attachment points and areas that required a few repairs to get it up to airworthy specs. Before the fuselage is permanently attached to the wing we'll have to paint and complete the fabric covering on all of the outer wood surfaces. Hopefully this summer! More to come!
There's also an update on our Lancaster restoration in the RetroAviation sub-forum for those interested!
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