Page 15 - December 2019

 Fabricated brackets and installed auxiliary
power source receptacle in rear starboard
fuselage.

 Fabricated brackets and lines for hydraulic
pressure gauge (original missing). Installed
hydraulic pressure gauge from HASI
inventory.
 Finished installation of side instrument
panels.

 Fabricated missing lines and fittings for water
trap, compressor, bladders, air reservoir,
The 'Slidin into Winter' Report
relay valve and pressure gauge in pneumatic
1702.5 hours. That is 71, 24 hour days, or 213, 8 hour system. Finished installation of air brake
work days. That's how many volunteer hours the gang components and checked system for proper
put in for the third quarter of 2019. What did we operation.
accomplish in those hours? Read on:
 Fabricated brackets for voltmeter and
Hurricane installed same in position on port cockpit sill.
(Unit was acquired by C.M.S. from Rick
We made three trips to Wetaskiwin in this quarter to
deliver the propeller, deliver propeller installation tools Featherstone as original was missing).
and to attend the first engine start attempt. Though
events have overtaken this report, we will stick with just
those that occurred in this quarter.

Fuselage and Center Section
 Sanded, masked, prepped and sprayed upper
fuselage surfaces with STITS Aerothane
FS30219/30097 "RAF Dark Earth".
 Masked, prepped and sprayed upper fuselage
surfaces with STITS Aerothane FS34079 "RAF
Dark Green" in camouflage pattern. When CMS member John Phillips read in our previous
report about supplying a gun camera from our personal
collection, he decided that we may have had a bit of
attachment to it so he donated his which came with an
complete film cartridge and an original manual. Thank
you John.
 Fabricated brackets and installed aftermarket
voltage regulator in position on port side
engine mount.
 Installed instrument panel placards, sourced
by CMS, in cockpit as required.

 Restored and installed radio aerial mast on
top of rudder. Ran aerial wire and insulators
The long and exacting business of painting begins. Although from rudder mast to fuselage mast.
there are just three main colours, the roundels and markings
add up to a total of eleven different colours. That makes for a
lot of masking and taping.