Renovation Activities ~ 10/9/20

From Ken Ramsay (the past Saturday and Wednesday):

Saturday was restoration clean-up morning. Thanks to all for keeping our area reasonably clean and neat. It is a tough job with all that is going on.

: Dennis, Bill and Jim raised the Corsair so that work can be accomplished on the underside and wing supports. The new stand has wheels so the plane can be moved easily.

: Carl has finished fitting the first nose cone for the Sparrow missiles. Only 7 more to go.

: Ron successfully welded the T-37’s canopy support which was broken during the wind storm a couple of months ago. Same storm that damaged the Drake and F-102.

: Dan is making a new actuator cover for the right elevon on the F-102 to replace the damaged one.

: I started fitting the mount rail to the F-102’s elevon. Installed a few screws to see things were fitting. So far so good. (Then) I have the attachment rail for the F-102’s elevon assembled. Now comes the strengthening of the elevon and screwing on the rail.

: We have named our newest aircraft courtesy of Jim Jackson.

: The 50 Cals for the F-86 are coming along. Compared to a real 50 cal, ours are dead on.

: The casters have been installed on the Corsair support stand. Next comes attachment to the airframe.

: The engine cowling has been installed on the OV-1’s engines. Went on screaming and kicking just like the A-26. We are missing a few pieces.

: The small J57 demo engine is up and running. A switch turns it on and buttons can be pressed to highlight various section of the engine. Very cool. Thanks Carl.

: Paul is fitting the final leading edge skin to the F-105’s horizontal stabilizer. Since it will be screwed on, proper fit is crucial.

: In our last wind storm the canopy of the T-37 was blown off and damaged. Going to be an interesting repair.