Airworthiness certificate issued
Today this project turned into a real aircraft when the airworthiness certificate was issued. Wow, what a milestone. Not a single issue was found. The inspector only praised our workmanship. It was relatively painless since he didn’t find anything to complain about. We had many visitors and congratulations today and I thank everyone for them. Oh, and my phase I flight test area is a 300nm radius!
After coming down off of the inspection nerves and getting some lunch, Tanya and I spent the whole rest of the day re-assembling the airplane in prep for first flight. It is truly amazing how many screws hold on how many panels that have always been off of this thing. We finally got everything closed up and the seats in it around 8:30pm and are beat. Maybe the weather, flight crew schedules, and my preparation will all come together at some point tomorrow for a first flight?
That ain’t no stinkin’ pile of aluminum. It is an airplane!