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Ribs	Spars	Wings	Empennage	Fuselage	Center Section
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Mylar Tracing of Rib Pattern - 10/12/04

Master Jig Made From Tracing - 10/12/04

Detail of Master Jig - 10/12/04

Second Jig, Made From 1st Rib From Master Jig - 10/12/04

Hot Pipe Bending Rig - 10/12/04

Soaking Cap Strips for Bending - 10/22/04

Bending Cap Strips Over Hot Pipe - 10/22/04

Detail of Bending Process - 10/22/04

Pre-bent Cap Strips - 10/12/04

Applying Glue to Rib Geodetic - 10/13/04

Inserting the Piece In Rib - 10/13/04

Four Completed Ribs in Jigs - 10/12/04

Detail of "Unfinished" Rib - 10/20/04

Completed Ribs Hanging Up - 10/12/04

40 Completed Standard Ribs and 2 Partial Ribs - 10/22/04

Lower Left Main Spar Dry Fit - 11/11/04

Poor Attempt to Show Straightness - 11/11/04

Detail of Clamping Method - 11/11/04

Strengtheners Glued to Main Spar - 11/17/04

Gluing More Strengtheners to Main Spar - 11/17/04

Wingtip Support Stiffeners - 11/17/04

Gluing Wingtip Support Stiffeners - 11/17/04

Dry Fit Strengtheners On Next Spar - 11/17/04

Tank for Soaking Laminate Strips - 10/20/04

Wingtip Laminating Form in Action - 10/20/04

Detail of Maximum Wingtip Curvature - 10/20/04

Four Ply in the Form - 10/22/04

Four Completed Wingtips - 11/11/04

Lower WIng Trailing Edge Bow in Form - 10/22/04

Upper Wing Trailing Edge Bow in Form - 10/22/04

Stack of Finished Wing Parts - 11/11/04

All Strengtheners in One Lick (enough clamps) - 11/18/04

Jig for Trimming Forward End of Wing Ribs - 11/26/04

Forward End Trimming Jig, Different View - 11/26/04

Jig for Trimming Aft End of Wing Ribs - 11/26/04

Aft End Trimming Jig, Registration Detail - 11/26/04

Rib Trimming Jig, Aft End Cut Location - 11/26/04

Center Section Rib in Jig - 11/11/04

Gluing 1st Spar Cap on 1st Rear Spar - 11/30/04

Gluing Stiffeners to Rear Spar - 12/11/04

The Spar Factory - 12/11/04

All Spars Done - 12/18/04

Interplane Strut Attach, Upper Right Main Spar - 12/22/04

Aileron Hinge Bracket Supplied by FFP - 12/24/04

My Re-engineered Aileron Hinge Bracket - 12/24/04

Bellcrank Bearing Fit to Bracket - 12/24/04

FFP and Brooke Brackets - 12/24/04

View of Hinge Mounted - 1/3/05

All Four Main Spars, Strut Hardware Attached - 12/24/04

Gluing Trailing Edge to Ribs - 1/2/05

Gluing Trailing Edge, View from Root End - 1/2/05

Rib to Main Spar Glue-Up - 1/3/05

Clamping, Rib to Main Spar Glue-Up - 1/3/05

Hard to Show How Straight It Really Is - 1/3/05

A Compression Strut - 1/10/05

Gluing Geodetic Braces - 1/10/05

Gluing In the Upper False Spar - 1/13/05

All Geodetics Glued In - 1/17/05

Plan View of Geodetics - 1/17/05

Gluing In Partial Ribs - 1/17/05

Gluing Nose Pieces to Ribs - 1/18/05

Shows the Notch for the Wingtip Bow - 1/18/05

Gluing In Aileron Spar - 1/20/05

Aileron Spar Glue-up, Different View - 1/20/05

Aileron Spar Clamping Detail - 1/20/05

Gluing In Root Rib - 1/20/05

Root Rib, Showing Dihedral & Sweepback Angles - 1/20/05

Gluing In Wingtip Bow - 1/20/05

Showing Wingtip Bow and Aileron Spar - 1/20/05

Finished Tails of Unfinished Ribs - 1/23/05

Gluing In Wingtip Bow Bracing - 1/23/05

Leading Edge Plywood Bending Trough - 1/24/05

Good View of Plywood in the Trough - 1/24/05

Gluing In Curved Trailing Edge Piece - 1/25/05

Shows Trailing Edge Transition - 1/25/05

Planing Curved Trailing Edge Fair - 1/27/05

Finished Trailing Edge - 1/27/05

Dry Fit Aileron End Plate - 1/27/05

Gluing in Aileron End Plate - 1/28/05

Gluing Cap Strips to Aileron Spar - 1/28/05

Gluing In Aileron Geodetics - 2/3/05

Detail of Aileron Geodetics, Wingtip End - 2/3/05

Glued and Stapled Leading Edge Ply - 2/05/05

Leading Edge Ply at Wingtip - 2/05/05

Detail of Staples - 2/05/05

Arrow Light-duty Stapler - 2/05/05

Shock Cord Holds Ply to Nose Pieces - 2/06/05

After Stapling, Shock Cord Removed - 2/06/05

First Section of Ply Done - 2/06/05

View Along Leading Edge - 2/06/05

Second Section of Leading Edge Ply - 2/07/05

Second Section Stapling Detail - 2/07/05

Dry Fit, Second Section Wraparound - 2/08/05

Second Section GLued and Stapled - 2/08/05

Detail of Splice - 2/08/05

Starting the Scallops - 2/08/05

The Scallop Pattern - 2/08/05

Wing, Aileron Just Sawn Free - 2/09/05

Gluing Nose Pieces On Aileron - 2/09/05

Underside Leading Edge Scallops Finished - 2/11/05

Gluing On Aileron Leading Edge Ply - 2/11/05

Gluing On Underside Wingtip Fillet - 2/11/05

Aileron Leading Edge, End View - 2/12/05

Aileron Leading Edge, Gluing Up - 2/12/05

Voici un Aileron Complet - 2/14/05

Gluing In Aileron Well Edge - 2/16/05

Gluing Anti-Bow Supports - 2/17/05

Finished Wing Makes First Flight - 2/21/05

Aileron Well Redesign - 4/21/05

Redesigned Aileron Bellcranks (Top) - 4/23/05

Bellcrank Temporarily Installed - 4/24/05

Bellcrank, In-wing View - 4/24/05

Second Wing Lurks Behind Couch - 4/26/05

Gluing Upper Wing Curved Trailing Edge - 5/17/05

Detail of Upper Wing Trailing Edge Joint - 5/17/05

Top View, Upper Wing Curved Trailing Edge - 5/17/05

Showing Ply Supports At Root Rib - 5/18/05

Detail of Curved Trailing Edge Joint - 5/19/05

Gluing Trailing Edge Ply - 5/20/05

Completed and Faired T.E. Ply - 5/21/05

View Along T.E. - 5/21/05

Detail of Transition Joint - 5/21/05

Detail of T.E. Butt Joint - 5/21/05

Three Useful Tools - 5/21/05

Another Sofa, Another Wing - 5/25/05

Detail of Form Design - 6/20/05

Laminating Horizontal Stabilizer - 6/20/05

Laminating Elevator - 6/20/05

A Forest of Clamps - 6/20/05

Pre-bent Strips for Next Lamination - 6/20/05

Fitting Stabilizer Ribs - 6/28/05

Stabilizer Completely Framed - 7/3/05

Gluing Long Leading Edge Gusset - 7/4/05

Finished Stabilizer, Hinges Installed - 7/09/05

Elevator Glued Up (Except Trim Tab) - 7/13/05

Detail of Bent Elevator Curve - 7/13/05

Joint Routed Out for Gusset - 7/13/05

Trim Tab Detail, Dry Fit - 7/13/05

Attempt to Show Elevator Taper - 7/18/05

Stabilizer and Elevator Hinged Together - 7/18/05

Rudder Laminating Form - 7/20/05

Gluing the Rudder Laminate - 7/22/05

Gluing Ribs Into Vertical Fin - 7/23/05

Gluing Ribs and Braces Into Rudder - 7/26/05

Gluing Diagonal Braces Into Rudder - 7/27/05

Rudder and Fin Done - 8/04/05

Dry Fit of Wing Center Section - 8/06/05

Initial Glue-up of Wing Center Section - 8/07/05

First Steps in Fuselage-land - 8/18/05

Gluing Braces In Fuselage Side - 8/24/05

Right Angle Braces for Squaring Fuselage - 8/31/05

Dry Fit of Upper Floor - 8/31/05

Bottom Cross Pieces Glued In - 9/2/05

Top Cross Pieces Glued In - 9/2/05

Gluing In Cockpit Cross-brace - 9/5/05

Gluing In Wing Spar Carry Throughs - 9/6/05

Dry Fit the Carry Through Braces - 9/7/05

Gluing Main Carry Through Corner Blocks - 9/8/05

Gluing Carry Through Diagonal Braces and Corner Blocks - 9/8/05

Gluing Aft Cross Pieces - 9/10/05

All Bracing Now Installed - 9/16/05

Detail of Reinforcements At Tail - 9/16/05

Positioning Rudder Pedals - 9/19/05

Laminating Upper Bulkhead Reinforcements - 9/21/05

Elevator Push-pull Tube Mixer - 9/21/05

Fitting the Controls - 9/26/05

Main Landing Gear Assembled On Worktable - 10/15/05

Landing Gear Temporarily Assembled On Fuselage - 10/17/05

Fitting Upper Bulkheads - 10/19/05

1st Trial Fit of Fin - 10/19/05

Some Instrument Cut-outs - 10/21/05

Short Push-pull Tube from Stick to Elevator Mixer - 10/25/05

Elevator Mixer Connecting Short and Long Push-pull Tubes - 10/25/05

Long Push-pull Tube Going Aft Through Guides - 10/25/05

Gluing In the Last of the Vertical Fin Reinforcements - 11/01/05

Gluing In the Rear Cockpit Instrument Bay - 11/01/05

Trial Fit of Rudder - 11/02/05

Gluing In Turtledeck Stringers - 11/03/05

Interior of Front Seat Box - 11/10/05

Seats and Throttle Quadrant Mounts - 11/10/05

Front Seatback Shims - 11/19/05

Throttles Ganged Together - 11/26/05

Throttle Gang Tube Detail - 11/26/05

Elevator Trim Quadrant Temporarily Installed - 12/06/05

Trim Cable Fairleads - 12/06/05

Main Fuel Tank with Positioning Blocks and Straps - 12/07/05

Rudder Pedal Well Construction - 12/18/05

Front and Rear Rudder Pedals Ganged Together - 12/31/05

Front Rudder Pedal Detail - 12/31/05

Rear Rudder/Brake Pedal Detail - 12/31/05

Firewall, All Closed Up - 01/27/06

Inside View, Front Rudder Pedal Wells - 01/27/06

Underseat Rudder Cable Fairlead - 01/29/06

Aft Rudder Cable Fairleads - 01/29/06

On Temporary (small) Wheels - 02/04/06

Aft Cabane Hardware - 2/06/06

Forward Cabane Hardware, Still Straight - 2/06/06

Forward Cabane Hardware, 4 degree Bend - 2/15/06

Main Attach Hardware Bender! - 2/15/06

Four Degrees of Incidence - 2/15/06

Four Degree Bend In Main Attach Hardware - 2/15/06

Cabane Bushings and Temporary 1/8" Shims - 2/17/06

Cabane Attach Hardware Installed - 2/17/06

First Cabane Strut Installed - 2/17/06

Check Those "Tundra Tires" Now! - 2/18/06

The Cabane, Slowly Growing - 2/21/06

Center Section Installed, 4 degrees Incidence - 2/27/06

Aft View, No Cables Yet - 2/27/06

Cabane Wire Bracing Complete - 3/1/06

Oak Drill Guide, Inserts, Bits and Right Angle Drive - 3/09/06

To Locate Drill Guide Over AN3 Pilot Hole - 3/09/06

Locator Removed, Quarter Inch Bit in Insert - 3/09/06

Five-Sixteenths Inch Bit in Insert - 3/09/06

Three-Eighths Inch Bit, No insert - 3/09/06

Drill Guide Located and Clamped with Backing Block - 3/10/06

Bushed Holes, Perfect Fit - 3/09/06

Lower Wings Rigged Showing Sweepback - 3/12/06

Lower Wing Rigging, Front View - 3/12/06

Bracing for Lower Wing Walkway - 3/20/06

Gluing On the Walkway Plywood - 3/21/06

Adventures In Clamping! Gluing Root Rib Stiffener - 4/2/06

Aileron Controls At the Stick - 4/13/06

Aileron Push/Pull Tubes and Bellcrank - 4/13/06

Aileron Controls, Plan View - 4/13/06

4130 Steel Interplane Strut Attach Hardware - 4/18/06

Steel Interplane Strut Hardware In Place - 4/18/06

Upper Wings Propped Up to Rig Struts - 6/1/06

Temporary Interplane Struts Clamped In Place - 6/1/06

Lower Strut Clamping Detail - 6/1/06

Interplane Strut Bracing Wires - 6/1/06

Interplane Strut and Bracing Wire Hardware Detail - 6/1/06

Wings Rigged - 6/1/06

First Piece of Fuselage Ply Glued - 6/8/06

Nutplates for Mounting Throttle - 6/8/06

Access Port Cut Into Lower Firewall - 6/16/06

Gluing Second Section of Sheathing - 6/16/06

Additional Reinforcement For TF27 Member - 6/19/06

Third Section of Plywood Sheathing Glued On - 6/24/06

All Port Side Sheathing Now Glued On - 6/28/06

Plumbing and Stubs for Static and Pitot Systems - 9/04/06

Mounted to Check Clearances - 9/04/06

View from Right Side Showing a Little of the Cockpit - 9/04/06

Side View from Left Showing Tight Quarters - 9/04/06

Same Side View from Right - 9/04/06

Wow, Giant Wheels! 12/6/06

On Its Legs, Cockpit View 12/6/06

Suzuki 1.3 Liter, Starting Clean-up - 12/11/06

The Dirty Side - 12/11/06

Stabilizer and Elevator Assembled - 12/17/06

Detail of Elevator Horn - 12/17/06

Rudder Stuck On Temporarily - 12/18/06

Test Fit of the Reduction Drive Housing - 12/19/06

Detail of Prop Pulley Bearings - 12/19/06

Intake Manifold with EGR Runner Ground Off - 12/23/06

Drive Pulley Runout Check - 12/28/06

Rear of Engine Showing Distributor Drive - 12/28/06

Distributor Final Install - 12/29/06

Drive Pulley Support Bearing Installed - 12/31/06

Spring Attach Hardware - 1/3/07

Rudder Pedal Full Aft - 1/3/07

Spring Attach At Pedal - 1/3/07

Spring Attach On Floor - 1/3/07

Firewall Plug - 1/14/07

Firewall Plug Loosely Installed - 1/14/07

On Test Stand - Front Intake Side - 1/19/07

On Test Stand - Rear Exhaust Side - 1/19/07

Engine and Test Stand - 1/19/07

Fake Firewall, Tank, Switches, Computer, Idiot Lights - 2/28/07

Back of Fake Firewall - 2/28/07

Temporary Exhaust System - 2/28/07

Coolant Fill - 2/28/07

Fuel Pump, Filter, Coolant Recirculation Hoses - 2/28/07

Homemade Alternator Fuse Holder, Wiring Rat's Nest - 2/28/07

Odyssey PC-680 Battery - 2/28/07

Lightweight Alternator - 2/28/07

Turbo Attached, Air Circuit Plumbed - 3/6/07

Turbo from Intake Side Showing Ram Air Box On the Throttle Body - 3/6/07

Waste Gate Hose Loop - 3/6/07

Air Inlet with K&N Filter - 3/16/07

Inlet Air, View from Above - 3/16/07

Coolant Fill Support - 3/16/07

Engine Mount Mock-up, Right Side - 3/29/07

Engine Mount Mock-up, Left Side - 3/29/07

Mock-up Positioned On Firewall - 3/29/07

Mock-up from Slightly Above - 3/29/07

Battery Installation - 4/11/07

Battery Shelf Showing Restraints - 4/11/07

Battery From Inside Fuselage - 4/11/07

ELT Installed - 4/11/07

ELT Closer View - 4/11/07

ELT, Antenna and Ground Plane - 4/25/07

Counterpoise from Underneath, Showing Copper Tape - 4/25/07

Temporary Exhaust on Turbo, Engine Running Again - 4/25/06

ELT Antenna Whiplash Preventer - 4/27/07

Gluing On the Long Section of Turtledeck - 4/28/07

Turtledeck View From Fwd - 4/28/07

Bending Form for Center Section Leading Edge Ply - 5/31/07

Prebending Center Section Leading Edge Ply - 05/08/07

Gluing Center Section Leading Edge - 5/31/07

Injector Return (upper) and Main Fuel Line at Firewall - 7/22/07

Injector Return (upper) and Main Fuel Line - 7/22/07

Main Fuel Line Going Aft to Valve - 7/22/07

Main Fuel Shut-off Valve - 7/23/07

Fuel Line From Wing Tank To Valve - 7/28/07

Engine Mount Temporarily Attached to Firewall - 7/30/07

Wing Tank Control Valve - 8/5/07

Front Cockpit Wing Tank Plumbing - 8/5/07

Aluminum Spaghetti - 8/5/07

Plumbing Ends With Main Tank Removed - 8/5/07

Seeing If the Copilot Fits - 8/5/07

Navigator Lost Over Florida Wasteland - 8/5/07

Happy To Be On the Ground - 8/5/07

Elevator Trim Control Temporarily Installed - 8/8/07

Gluing In New Trim Cable Fairlead - 8/9/07

Main Tank Sight Gauge, Top View - 8/15/07

Main Tank Sight Gauge, Bottom View - 8/15/07

Cut-out Instrument Bulkheads Showing Panel Lord Mounts - 8/17/07

Computer Installed Under Front Cockpit Instrument Bay - 8/19/07

Computer From Cockpit, Instrument Panel Will Cover - 8/19/07

Penultimate Side Panel Glued On - 8/22/07

Last Side Panel Glued On - 8/23/07

Gluing Aft Strip of Fabric Standoff - 8/27/07

Good View of ELT Counterpoise With Fuselage On Its Side - 8/27/07

Starboard Fabric Standoff Finished - 8/29/07

Engine On, Port Side - 8/29/07

Engine On, Starboard Side - 8/29/07

Engine On, Front Quarter View - 8/29/07

Starboard Door Jamb Built of Clunky Scraps - 9/3/07

Door Jamb After Planing, Rasping and Sanding - 9/3/07

Uncovered Door Jamb, Aft View - 9/3/07

Port Door Jamb Covered With Plywood - 9/3/07

Gluing Baggage Compartment Deck - 9/4/07

Baggage Compartment Covered and Faired - 9/9/07

Baggage Compartment Opening - 9/9/07

Pitot and Static Plumbing - 9/12/07

Pitot and Static Pigtails in Rear Cockpit - 9/12/07

Fuel Pump, Filter and Fuel Lines Installed, Wiring Mostly Done - 9/13/07

Detail of Nutplate Installation - 9/14/07

Same Nutplates, Other Side - 9/14/07

Master Switch, Breakers and Start Button - 9/25/07

Battery Negative Cable Leading Forward - 9/25/07

Battery Positive Cable On Inside of Fuselage - 9/25/07

Battery and Alternator Cabling On the Engine - 9/25/07

Cockpit Decking Glued and Stapled - 10/1/07

Aft View of Cockpits with Decks On - 10/1/07

Fibber McGee's Closet In Front Cockpit - 10/1/07

View Showing Staples and Magic Positioning Dowels - 10/1/07

Part of Door Sill with Rabbet and Spring Cutout - 10/6/07

Detail of Rabbet and Spring Cut-out - 10/6/07

Rabbeted Part of Sill Glued To Top Cap - 10/6/07

Detail of Spring Location - 10/6/07

Inner Part of Sill Showing Slot for Latch - 10/6/07

Inner Part of Sill with Shallow Spring Cut-out - 10/6/07

Slots For Latch Handles Routed In Top Cap - 10/8/07

Inner Part of Sill Glued to Top Cap - 10/8/07

Glued-up Sill Showing Handle Slots - 10/8/07

Latch Rods Bent to Shape - 10/8/07

Latch Rods Installed Showing Knob Stems - 10/8/07

Detail of Latch Rods and Spring In Place - 10/8/07

Aluminum Door Panel Slid Into Position - 10/8/07

Rod and Spring Keeper Shim - 10/8/07

Shim In Position - 10/8/07

All Parts Are Held In Place with Screws - 10/8/07

Front Cockpit Jamb and Latch Plate, Drilled 10/14/07

Front Cockpit Rear Jamb and Latch Hole - 10/14/07

Detail of Latch Knobs and Latch - 10/14/07

Finished Doors In Place, Front Cockpit - 10/14/07

Both Sets of Doors In Place - 10/15/07

Detail of Rear Doors - 10/15/07

Tic Tac Toe Fuselage Support - 11/17/07

Left Side Fabric Spreader - 11/17/07

Starting Battery Compartment Door Jamb - 11/17/07

Battery Access Door Frame Complete

Battery Access Door and Hinge

Cabane Fabric Fairings

Fabric Fairings from Above

Center Bottom Fabric Spreader

Aft End of Spreader Showing Taper

Forward Bottom Fabric Spreaders

Showing Routed Out Quarter Round to Lighten Structure

Channel for Landing Gear Brackets

Nutplates for Bolts To Be Covered by Fabric

Landing Gear In Place

Landing Gear Bracket Cover Pattern In Place

Bracket Cover Pattern, Front View

Battery Compartment Door Flush Riveted to Hinge

Inside View of Rivets and Hinge

Hammered Rivets, Inside View

Right Lower Wing Hardware Primed

Pitot and Static Lines Installed In Lower Right Wing

Covered Wing Ready For Rib Stitching

Covering Inside Aileron Well

First Forays In Rib Stitching

Inspection Holes for Bellcrank

Pattern For Interplane Strut Hardware Gussets

Gussets On Forward Strut Attach Hardware and Pitot/Static Stubs

Gusset on Aft Strut Attach Hardware

Rib Taping Upper Surface, Lower Right Wing

Spring Struts As Received From Wag Aero

Detail of Springs

Spring Strut Disassembled

Spring Strut End Doublers

Port Spring Strut Fitted

Axle Junction Showing Outboard Doubler

Both Spring Struts Fitted

Paint Mixer In Action

View of Outboard Positioning Plywood

Starboard Side Cabane Fabric Fairings

Fabric Fairings With Cabane Strut Attach Plates

Comm Antenna Parts

Comm Antenna, Partially Assembled

Comm Antenna, Temporarily Assembled, Not Wired Yet

Tail Wheel Access Door - Open

Tail Wheel Access Door - Closed

Both Windscreens From Aft

Both Windscreens From Forward

Rear Windscreen With Neoprene Molding

Windscreen Showing Side Fastenings

Windscreen Showing Front Center Fastening

Fuselage Standing On Spring Strut Landing Gear

First Piece of Galvanized Heat Shield Fitted

Finished Firewall Heat Shield

Firewall Heat Shield, Fiberfrax Insulation

Detail of Galvanized Around Rudder Pedal Boot

Detail of Passages Through the Firewall

Throttle Cable Pulley, Cotter Pins Not Installed

Throttle Cable Pulley Installed, Ready For Cable

Throttle Cable Installed On Pulley

Throttle At Idle Position

Throttle At Full Throttle Position

Throttle Lever/Throttle Cable Linkage

Covered Elevator In Yellow Paint

Horizontal Stabilizer In White Undercoat

Final Coat On A Wing

Covered Fuselage With First Color Coat

Finished Empennage Showing Battery Compartment

Baggage Compartment Door

Fuselage Side View

Fuselage 3/4 View

Rear Cockpit Door

View Of Cockpits

Aux Tank Float Gauge (Stearman Type).JPG

Brad Smith and I.JPG

Exhaust Pipe Without Fairing.JPG

Exhaust Pipe Fairing.JPG

Top Of Turbo Plenum.JPG

Cover For Turbo Plenum.JPG

Hinged Cover For Oil Dipstick.JPG

Forward Quarter View With Cockpit Doors Closed.JPG

Starboard Side View With Cockpit Doors Open.JPG

Best Rudder Ever.JPG

Horizontal Stabilizer Leading Edge Brace Tube.JPG

Matco Hubcap.JPG

NO STEP, Dammit!.JPG

Pitot-Static Tubes a la DeHavilland.JPG

Rear Cockpit Panel.JPG

Rigging Flying Wires I.JPG

Rigging Flying Wires II.JPG

Rigging Flying Wires III.JPG

Side View Showing Cockpit And Baggage Compartment Doors.JPG

View Of Aileron Push-Pull Tube Cover Patch.JPG

Rudder Cable Patch

View Of Cabane Wires And Windshields.JPG

View Of Main Tank Cap And Float Gauge.JPG

View Of Radiator Behind The Front Cowl.JPG