This week, the student aviation maintenance technicians try to finish the spar boxes for the Sopwith Camel war aircraft project. They concentrated almost entirely on spar boxes in order to complete a top wing. The pictures are of a front spar box, rear spar box, […]
The Morane war aircraft project at Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Kansas City has gotten down to where the remaining work is related to the finer points of construction. The engine installation needs to be finished and that meant a little rework on the firewall. […]
Work was halted on the Sopwith Strutter 1 1/2 war aircraft project last Friday as I took a trip to The Biplanes and Triplanes fly in, which was located in Virginia Beach, Va. What a great show, There were many World War 1 reproduction aircraft […]
There were several activities in the months of July and August at AIM Manassas promoted to get the students excited and involved with campus life and promoting a sense of community, while keeping in the theme of aviation maintenance training. Some of the events were: […]
Progress on the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter war aircraft project is a little slow this week. But work continues on the center section and wings. A lot of hand fitting of the parts to assure clearances between the airbrakes and the ribs of the center […]
The Biplanes and Triplanes annual World War I fly-in will be held at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach. Once again, the sky over the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach will be filled with the sights and sounds of the earliest days of […]
The Morane project at Kansas City caught the interest of one of the local TV stations. They sent a crew out to the school and spent some time interviewing both students and staff regarding the project. To see the segment as it aired, this link […]
There are no new pictures to add. The students that have been working on the project have graduated and no one has step up to replace them on the project. Al Moore from he local community and myself will start working on the Neiuport […]