Van’s Aircraft had sent a letter stating that my wings would ship the week of August 17th.  August 17th is a Saturday.  Who says the week of and refers to a Saturday?  I was confused… did they mean the week ending on the 17th, or was it a mistake and they meant the next week?  So before heading out to the shop I gave them a call.  Turns out it was a typo and they meant the week of the 19th.  They said items usually ship by Thursday  (August 27) and take 5 to 6 working days for Pennsylvania.  That means my wings should arrive sometime between the 28th and the 30th of this month.  I also let Barbara at Van’s know that I intended to pick the crates up at the local terminal and would not need door service.  She will call me when she’s ready to pick a shipping company.  This should save me some money.

Back to the shop. Tonight I finished the wing stand frames.  I will wait until I’m ready to hang the wings before installing the aluminum angle supports. This was a collosal pain in the ass to do by myself.  I had to clamp, level, adjust and drill while on a ladder… a second set of hands would have made this far easier and quicker, but its done now.

Here you can see the far side that is under the stairs.  There is still plenty of room to walk (especially for a short guy such as myself).  

There is enough room to open the garage door… just barely.  I moved the work benches over by the garage door. 

Here is the only post that didn’t line up with a floor joyce.  

My make shift garage door stop.  The last thing I need is to throw the garage door open and bang into the wing stand.  Who knows what catastrophe that might cause…

Panorama of the completed stands.