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Hangar Cleanup

Last week, with the help of other EAA members, I was able to move the contents of my hangar from hangar 5 to my new residence in hangar 51. Moving is one thing, unpacking and reorganizing is another thing.

I took the opporotunity to take care of twho things that have been on my list for quite some time. First, I build a pegboard frame for behind my main work bench. I simply made a frame from 2x4s and 3 inch screws. Currently, the only thing preventing the pegboard from falling over is the workbench.  Its a very heavy and solid work bench, so its not in danger of falling, but I will need to secure it a little bit better.IMG_6220.JPG

Here you can see the shop after clean up.IMG_6224.JPG

Several months ago, I bought an air hose reel from Harbor Freight.  Unfortunately, I did not think to buy the additional hose required to hook it to the compressor at the time. Well after a long wait, I finally knocked out that small project too.  Having the reel is fantastic.  I love the new shop setup! I also bought a power strip with switches for each plug.  This way I can ensure I don’t pop a fuse and I can turn on lights and such with the flick of a central switch.IMG_6218.JPG

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New Hangar

A hangar with a concrete floor became available at the airport, so I jumped on it.  The location is better too, in that I’m now walking distance to the head, and facing west.  Supposedly ice is a problem for eastern facing hangars in the winter.  The new hangar feels much brighter due to the floor, and certainly makes things easier to move around! With the help of fellow EAA members, I was able to get everything moved in one day. There is still some organizing to take care of, and I need to move the empennage, but other than that, its close to completion.

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Photos, Videos and More

This evening I finally got around to clearing off my hard drive to make room for some video editing. I was able to finish up several videos that have been languishing for far too long. I’ve also corrected the issue that was preventing a large number of photos from the latter half of 2013 from displaying. And finally, I have made a number of other updates to the site most notably on the Media Gallery page.