Although sometimes it may seem like progress is minimal, it is progressing nevertheless. We have several newer students volunteering, which will help out greatly. It also seems as if there's a new life for the Nieuport 11 project. Several of the students who had worked […]
The first picture shows four of our students who are doing a trial run installing the formers. The two students on the right are David Gunn and Cameron Lowe. The students on the left are John Sanders and Chance Torain. The formers are taped in place so they can […]
Michael Roesen is diligently working on the side formers. He has been a student since August, 2009. Preparing the formers requires plenty of work. Each piece must be individually measured and cut. To ensure the formers fit properly, a rough cut is done then fitted […]
This week I asked one of our students who is working on the Nieuport 24 project to give me some information about him for this week’s blog. He gave me the following information which basically says it all about him and our students. The students […]
Thursday was the big day, after a few months of work the R3600 run stand was complete and ready to go. As we went through the pre start check list a crowd began to form, students, staff, and others from the airport. As is normal […]
Some of the last minute items we did last week before engine start-up were: Made a new fuel line because when we added the fuel to the aircraft the hose pictured here had fuel seeping from it. Student Cameron Lowe is securing the […]
The Dawn Patrol Rendezvous Airshow was held in Dayton, Ohio on September 25-27 2009. We loaded up the Nieuport 11 in a truck, strapped her down, and headed to the show. There were many old warbirds, new military fighters, and people from all walks of […]
Students prepared both center section spars for gluing, after waiting a couple of days for the rain to quit, and the humidity to drop a bit we were able to glue both spars. Other students are working on small parts for the fuselage and landing […]
Yes, our Nieuport 24 with the Rotec 3600 is running! Not much time to post more about this now but many tasks had to be completed this week and the students and instructors made it happen. Will try to post more on this mid-week about all […]
Standing next to the Nieuport 24 (N24) is Wayne Hoover. Wayne has been a student here at our school since May 2009 and is volunteering to work on the N24 aircraft. Some of our students come with skills that they have acquired from previous employment […]