Well, that’s the wings away for assessment and repair…
Another team was assembled and the wings walked onto the truck:
We used Paul Ponsonby for the transport. They are a haulage company who specialise in moving aircraft or bits of aircraft around. They advertise in the flying magazines and have a good reputation.
Driver Dave certainly knew his stuff and the wings were soon secured against the sidewalls. Also loaded was a small box of bits from Pete ( who lent us the use of his wing cradle ) – he was sending a couple of Tipsy Nipper ailerons to the same restorer:
The ailerons are seen here lying loose before they were secured. Just in case you wondered. As you can see there was plenty of room in the truck and it made sense to let Pete take advantage.
Now we wait to see how much it’s going to cost…
In other news I’ve been checked out on a new type:
This is a Tecnam P-Mentor. Built in Italy, it’s much more modern than the C152 and PA28 aircraft that I’m currently instructing in…the cockpit is a sea of TV screens:
Great fun. Looking forward to flying the Tecnam more in the future.
If the weather would just cooperate..!