February 2002
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Tensioning the upper wing diagonal cables prior to crimping the cable. |
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The team is about to complete the final upper wing. A celebration was held after this milestone. |
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The first firewall forward is complete. |
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The engine has been installed on the second aircraft. |
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Tailwheel steering cable being installed. |
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Aircleaner housings being fabricated. |
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More small parts. |
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Mounting the Pirelli tires on the rims. |
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Instrument panel and wiring setup. |
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Wiring diagram. |
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Preparing to paint roundels on a set of wings. The white has been applied and now the masking is done for the blue and the red. |
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The masking takes ten times more than the actual painting. Doyles wife Susie helps with this demanding task or it would take twenty times more. |
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Spraying the blue. |
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Turning the wing over to paint the other side. |
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Spraying the red. |
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The Noon Patrol has rented one of the attached hangars from the EAA Chapter so we don't have to store parts in many hangars all over the place. |
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Noon Patol members admiring all the space in our Hangar. Against the wall are some completed wings showing the beautiful roundels. |
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It won't take long to fill up the empty hangar. |
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Aircraft parts. |
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Some completed fuselages lined up. |
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Damn! The wingspan is greater than the door width. We can't get the completed Nieuport out of the shop. |