Have you ever really listened to Maurice Ravel's "Bolero"? All the way through? Really? In an abridged nutshell, it's a fairly extended musical buildup to a rousing finish. Ravel, being French, knew his stuff along those lines.
It's somewhat like that when you're waiting for an airplane restoration.
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The Wyoming bucking bronco on the tail is being redone to center it up and make it larger
I have tail feathers now, struts and bracing wires, interior, and a leak in the brake master cylinder. It's all good, according to Malcolm, because these things mean the last little bits are at the happening stage.
The flying schedule is set in Jell-o: Sun-n-Fun in April (oops - not ready), the South Carolina Breakfast Club in May (nope - weather), Triple Tree in June (MADE IT!), Oshkosh in July (big disappointment - not enough test time), Homecoming to Afton WY in August (brake troubles), and the Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York in late August (nope), capped off with Triple Tree in September (weather). I make it to be about 75-80 hours' flying time after the post-restoration flight tests. Can't wait for the adventure to begin!
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