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Positioned the Instrument panel in the Lancair Es today.Bumped the Garmin G5 and it came to life!
08/06/2022

Positioned the Instrument panel in the Lancair Es today.
Bumped the Garmin G5 and it came to life!

A brief interlude of several weeks towards purchasing to build one of these (Flying Legend Tucano https://www.flyinglege...
02/06/2022

A brief interlude of several weeks towards purchasing to build one of these (Flying Legend Tucano https://www.flyinglegendusa.com/ ) shipping costs and international supply chain delays are complicated however the team at Flying Legend are excellent to work with. Order placed. Our Hervey Bay hangar now gearing up for another build.

Gascolator Installed
02/06/2022

Gascolator Installed

07/05/2022

Well... after 18 months away from building the Lancair ES (COVID - Redundancy from (QANTAS) - COVID - New Job (Army Drones) - COVID - House Sale - COVID - House Move - COVID - New House -COVID - New Job (Teaching) we are finally back to a routine and on the trade-tools in the Hangar!

Refocusing back on where I left off is the hardest part of restarting. Yes, I keep a builder’s log, however, certainly, the ability to multi-task and locate hardware fades quickly with time outside the Hangar.

So, we started off slowly today with templating and planning for the instrument panel, whereby I instantly recognised I needed to place the pilot seats in the cabin so I could ascertain the correct height position of the panel for knee and leg clearance.

It is good to be building once again!

27/07/2021

March 2020 was my last landing on the B-747-400. Since then we have had little time (or opportunity) to continue work in our Hangar at Hervey Bay. December 2020 had me and 200 other Pilots (Mostly B-747) retrenched from QANTAS. I count my blessings as I am a trained Mathematics and Science Teacher and still operating in the Army Reserve. Work between COVID Ops in the ARes and Secondary Teaching via TRS kept a flow of money coming into our family. We have moved to Hervey Bay and once again are back into our Builds. Glenn is building an RV7A and Leigh and I are continuing on the Lancair ES. It is good to have the time to now concentrate on the Lancair Build. More to follow. Stay Safe.

The Avionics Panel is coming along well under Glenn's care and control.
14/05/2019

The Avionics Panel is coming along well under Glenn's care and control.

This morning I spent fitting the Cold Air Sump to the IO-540. Slow however rewarding work.
14/05/2019

This morning I spent fitting the Cold Air Sump to the IO-540. Slow however rewarding work.

The girls very busy at work in July (2018) last year....
08/02/2019

The girls very busy at work in July (2018) last year....

Big Brother Glenn (ex LAME Avionics) has just finished a Bench Test Fitment of the Garmin G3X Touch Package.3 Garmin Scr...
08/02/2019

Big Brother Glenn (ex LAME Avionics) has just finished a Bench Test Fitment of the Garmin G3X Touch Package.

3 Garmin Screens
Dual Garmin GNS430
Garmin G5 (Certified)
Garmin Autopilot
Remote Garmin Transponder (ADSB compliment)
Garmin Remote VHF (VHF No 3.)

08/02/2019

Update: Lancair ES

With the sale of the RV8s in December 2018 we can now refocus on the Lancair ES

The main planes are now finished and awaiting their Prima-coats and then Painting. We have a little work to do on the control surfaces.

The white paint is a new compound that is easily applied over a prepared micro coating that eliminates the additional work required in micro-ballooning alone.

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Hervey Bay, QLD
4655

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