Painted!

Spent two hours painting the remainder of the hangar floor.


We will come back later to touch up with brushes.


Looks really good!

More Floor Painting

The whole family returned to put down another gallon of Glidden Antique Silver. We painted a walkway next to the door to facilitate egress when we are painting the entrance next time.

We also used a special primer to prepare the central area previously subjected to oil drips. We will paint there next.

Project time unknown but probably at least 2.5 hours, including moving furniture beforehand.

Also, I have been working on repair of the tamper mentioned in the last post. We are almost ready for the interference fit of the handle into the head.

Landlord Wrangling

Went to the airport office to file proof of liability insurance and request repairs/upgrades. Mixed success. The door may get fixed tomorrow but I was told the dust curtain is a "cosmetic" issue and therefore not the city's bailiwick. The ceiling vent may get installed before Jan. 11 if they can find a better contractor.

Diversion: Tamper

Spent an hour or more attempting to repair the tamper whose handle snapped off several posts ago.

Vic may be pleased that I got some use out of his mitre saw, but only to cut the handle off clean. The hard part is getting the wood out of the tamper head socket, which is several inches deep. I am mostly done, thanks to a 1" spade bit and a dull hole saw.

Antique Silver

Is the color we ended up with for the floor. Shown is the result of about two hours' work by Lisa and me, with 1 gallon of semi-gloss latex.

Salt Lake Meetup

Don and I made our Bearhawk travel plans today, and will be meeting in Utah for the flight up to Helena on the 7th of January, in a Canadair regional jet.  I will be flying from LA to Salt Lake, and Don will be flying separately from the Varner Compound in an undisclosed location in the American Southwest.

From the airport in Montana's capitol, it's only 3 miles to the Budget truck location.  Then we'll use the truck for local transportation.

Just How Big is that Tin Truck?

Today at lunch I ran over to Budget with my 8' tape measure and measured a 24' rental truck (the same size truck is available in Helena, Montana).  The good news is that the Bearhawk should fit in the truck.  The bad news is that we still have to figure out how to get it up the ramp, which is too narrow for the airplane's main gear.

Project time ~ 0.8 hours.