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Friday, January 8, 2016

Canopy skirt sanding and lift off (of the canopy skirt from the fuselage): 3 hours


  • Finished sanding the sides of the canopy skirt then spent a considerable amount of time on the bump out over the slider track.
  • Located and drilled three holes per side for the blind rivets that will help hold the skirt to the canopy frame.
  • Removed canopy skirt from fuselage starting at the forward end of each side and working back
The initial three rivets per side:

Removed the skirt from the fuselage:

Slider track bump out required a lot of detail sanding: