I received my shipment from Aircraft Spruce today and spent part of the evening checking things to the packing slip. Then I started to match the stock to the parts that need to be built. I discovered that I didn't order full length material for the canard spar caps. This means that I will have to scarf the two outer spar caps on the canard. This isn't the end of the world its just disappointing. I expect to cut and glue the scarf joints tomorrow. I then moved on to cleaning the workshop and moved the fuselage upstairs to our front room so I have more room to build the canard. My wife is somewhat upset with me over this decision, but I think she understands and is giving me some good natured ribbing saying that she will use it as a planter or let the kids take it outside to use as a sled.
I flew for another 1 hour of dual instruction and 1.2 hours solo on Friday. It was a big deal to me to finally leave the airport by myself. It was an even bigger deal to make it back without getting lost! Things started to get chilly so I headed back to the airport a little early. There was a pretty healthy crosswind so I didn't get any landings that I felt good about. I need to go to the pilot shop at Anoka tomorrow so I can purchase a current sectional map for the Twin Cities as I hope to fly my dual cross country on Saturday. It is looking doubtful that I will get to fly as the weather is looking pretty crappy. My logbook now contains 20.2 hours of which 1.7 is solo.
Number of hours: 1.1
Total hours: 175.8
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