Beginning to fit baggage floors.
Fabricating seatback bottom hinges.
Final deburring of baggage floors.
Baggage floors clecoed in place and nearly ready for riveting.
Fuselage progress
Tag: Clecoing
Fuselage, tailcone progress
Bulkhead components ready for priming.
Bulkhead components primed.
Bulkhead components test fit to the tailcone.
Tailcone turned 90-degrees to facilitate aft fuselage service bulletin installation.
Tailcone turned 90-degrees to facilitate aft fuselage service bulletin installation. Believe it or not, both Jean and I managed to crawl in there (not simultaneously!) to complete the SB work.
Aft fuselage doubler installed per the service bulletin.
Fuselage skins underway
Right side skin riveting underway.
Fuselage, firewall, skins progress
Lower cowling hinges drilled and clecoed in place.
Right side skin dimpled.
Right side skin with stiffeners partially riveted in place.
Right side skin clecoed in place.
Right side skin clecoed in place.
Both side skins clecoed in place.
Both side skins clecoed in place.
Left side skin riveted.
Left side skin riveted.
Right side skin riveted.
Right side skin riveted.
Left side skin sealed to firewall.
Yours truly with the fuselage-in-progress…
