SR-9F Into Final Color
The SR-9F fuselage had the black applied to it today. We are very pleased with the results. With the all yellow F-7 ready for black trim the Stinson and Taperwing are now in the mix. It’s been impressive to watch the team orchestrate the in’s and out’s of all three airplanes. Next will be red […]
Wet Paint
We have had an incredible amount of covering underway over the past couple of months. There is now a constant level of activity in and around the paint booth. F-7’s and a Stinson are in the mix with a Taperwing not far behind. It’s pretty amazing to see things progress once the guys get into […]
WACO UPF-7’s
As mentioned in several earlier posts we are currently working on two WACO F-7 projects. Here are some recent progress and “of interest” photos. Thank you for your interest in what we do!
SR-9F Getting Cover
The cover process on the SR-9F is well underway. As you can see covering an aircraft this large is quite the process. Thank you for your interest in what we do! More progress photos of this project and others to come.
SR-9F
There has been lots of progress on the metalwork of the Stinson SR-9F. In most areas we started from nothing, in others, next to nothing. What has taken place to bring all the metal work to be has been quite an exercise. Here is a gallery of what was available as patterns and examples. We […]
Progress on UPF-7’s
Back in July we shared some photos of the wing construction on our current UPF projects. Now one of the two is in pre-cover assembly. Here are some photos leading up to and of pre-cover. I have really grown to appreciate this stage of our builds because you can really see all of the excellent […]
TAPERWING WACO
The team recently performed pre-cover assembly on the current Taperwing project N751E. This machine will be donning; 30 x 5 wheels, a Wright 760-E (250 hp) with front exhaust, swinging a Hamilton Standard ground adjustable propeller of 108″ which has brand new MT blades. A wood panel with front mounting period correct instruments and most […]
SR-9F Interior
Progress continues on the SR-9F. The two current areas of priority are firewall forward which is a clean sheet install and the interior. As you saw in a previous post the front seat frames were fabricated new using what was left of the old as patterns. Here are some detail photos of the fresh upholstery […]
Fly-In Season
You have likely noticed a break in updates. We have just been through our busiest time of year while experiencing a very high level of interest with many calls and visitors. For the first time in over 35 years of Attending Oshkosh we chose to utilize a display location in the vendor area of the […]
Super 77 Rollout
We rolled the V-77 outside for some photos yesterday. Hopefully will post some air to air soon. Thanks for checking in.