March 8, 2020 We finally started work on the empennage. It's been three months since we ordered the kit, 1 month since we finally had all the tools in hand, and 0 days since we finished the EAA SportAir workshop. The class ended around noon on Sunday and we were so excited to get started... Continue Reading →
Since neither of us have much experience working with sheetmetal and rivets we decided to order all three practice kits available from Vans and sign up for an EAA SportAir workshop on sheetmetal basics. We agreed that we'd attend the workshop prior to doing any work on the airplane parts. However, the practice kits arrived... Continue Reading →
We've had the empennage boxes in the garage for over a week now without touching them. In that time we've done a lot of cleaning, sorting, and miscellaneous other things around the shop in preparation. This weekend we finally opened the two boxes and completed the inventory. It's really exciting to see airplane shaped parts... Continue Reading →
We received the first package from Vans which was the material for horizontal and vertical!! This is a hugely exciting for us, so much so that when FedEx didn't deliver on Saturday we drove half an hour to the depot to collect them ourselves. Unfortunately, the first shipment showed up only a couple days after... Continue Reading →
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It came to an end rather suddenly, I decided to leave the AT. In the end I spent 106 days on the trail and covered 1,329 miles. I was eating lunch near the New Jersey/New York border thinking ahead to how much time I had left. It was the beginning of July and if I... Continue Reading →
The days are really blending together, if I didn't write up these summaries each night I wouldn't be able to remember what happened each day. It was raining yet again when I woke up, so I stayed in the hammock until 7:30 am. I finally packed up camp and was on the trail, in the... Continue Reading →
Another early morning out of town and we started our way up the hill. The rocks are starting to get a little more serious, but nothing crazy yet. About a mile before my lunch shelter the skies opened up and poured. I was drenched for 20 minutes before I got to the shelter and was... Continue Reading →
Pennsylvania has a reputation among hikers for being rocky, the kind of rocks that will wreck an ankle. So far, it hasn't lived up to the reputation - I'm sure I'll find the rocks soon enough. It's mostly been flat and I made decent time over the first 11 miles with my hiking buddy of... Continue Reading →
I stumbled across the official 2019 halfway marker about 0.5 miles after leaving the shelter this morning. I'm glad that I didn't miss it entirely. I also found the original halfway point marker of the AT. It poured last night and today was still near 100% humidity so the trail never dried out. Having my... Continue Reading →
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