One Rivet at a Time Update
Hi All,
As
those of you who attended will already know, we had a very useful
meeting last Thursday. Many of you pledged your support for the project
which is most heartening. I hope you all enjoyed meeting Jonathan Porter
who will supply the kit as the UK agent for Zenair. Just to confirm
that Aerobility have ordered the first part of the kit, and our
expectation is that we will take delivery in January next year. However,
I’m pleased to announce that Jonathan brought along the tail section,
and so we can therefore start construction immediately.
In
order to get started, Jonathan will run a two day course, ostensibly to
assemble the tail, but clearly we will also become practised in the
skills necessary to assemble the remaining aircraft. This course is
scheduled for December 18th and 19 and it would be good for
as many of you as we can manage to attend, but certainly it would help
to train a core group of people to help the project move forward. There
will be a limited number of places available and those attending will
need to commit to both days. The course promises to be both thorough and
entertaining, and those of you who met Jonathan will know just how
enthusiastic he is. Please let me know by email if you would like to be
considered, I for one can’t wait.
We
have continued to obtain tools from many generous benefactors, probably
more tools than we need, but it will enable us to extend the reach of
the project to include many others. People who perhaps would not wish to
be part of the actual build, but maybe have never had the opportunity
to use basic hand tools.
John
Hirst, who with his son built the magnificent benches now in the
hangar, has started to build our partitioning system. This consists of
units that can be moved to accommodate the varying needs of the project
and the operational needs of the other aircraft in the fleet. This will
assist to demark the area and support safety during the build. Thanks
John as always.
Your
scribe continues to work towards obtaining an engine, we have options
in the pipe line and hopefully something positive to report before the
end of the year.
Finally,
I have included everyone who I believe has expressed an interest in the
project, but if you know of anyone I have left out, please let me know
or encourage them to contact me.
Regards
Brian Catchpoole
Operations Manager
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